Police: ISU student arrested after kidnapping motorist at knifepoint | Local
POCATELLO — An Idaho State University student is facing multiple felony charges after police say he held a motorist at knifepoint, forcing the motorist to give him a ride. Police said 23-year-old Saud Khalid Almudaiheem , a student from Saudi Arabia who is living in Pocatello, was charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one felony charge of second- degree kidnapping . Around 2 a.m. Sunday, police said they received a call from a motorist claiming that Almudaiheem brandished a black box- cutter style knife and demanded a ride from the Jacksons Food Stores on South Fifth Avenue to an area near the Ridgecrest Apartments on Bartz Way. Advertisement After dropping Almudaiheem off, police said the victim called police to report the incident. At approximately 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, police responded to the Chevron gas station on the corner of South Fifth Avenue and Benton Street. That’s where it’s alleged Almudaiheem used the same black box- cutter st...