The following story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission.
POCATELLO — Police arrested a Pocatello man after they say he repeatedly smashed his car into a convenience store after the doors wouldn’t open Thursday morning.
Earl K. Clark-Monroe, 39, is charged with felony malicious injury to property after he allegedly caused over $2,000 in damage to the Maverik at 2100 East Center Street in Pocatello, according to court documents. Officers said Clark-Monroe repeatedly crashed his 2018 Subaru Impreza into the front doors of the store at around 3 a.m., according to an affidavit of probable cause.
When the incident occurred, the store was closed and Clark-Monroe appears on surveillance cameras to have attempted to open the doors before crashing the car, according to police. At around 4:30 a.m. Maverik employees found the doors had suffered extensive damage.
