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Kuna woman charged with shooting at officers during standoff at her home
Robin Ann Miller, 58, reportedly fired at least once in the direction of Ada Metro SWAT team members who responded to an earlier report of shots fired and someone yelling for help at Miller’s home on South Cholla Drive.
After a six-hour standoff, Ada County sheriff’s deputies were able to get Miller out of the house. No one else was in the home, and it appears the shouts for help came from Miller, the sheriff's office reports.
Twelve homes in the neighborhood were evacuated for several hours until Miller was taken into custody around 11 a.m.
After evaluation at a local hospital, Miller was taken to the Ada County Jail, where she is being held on $250,000 bond. She is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a felony charge of assault and battery on a law enforcement officer.
Miller gave investigators no indication of why she called for help and fired gunshots, the sheriff's office reports. Two handguns were found in the home.
The incident began just after 3 a.m. Wednesday when Ada County dispatchers got a 911 call from a neighbor reporting gunshots and a cry for help from Miller’s home in the 1300 block of South Cholla.
Kuna police arrived moments later and found a broken window. They made contact with Miller by talking through the window, also seeing a gun inside the home at the same time. Miller would not explain what was going on or agree to come out to talk to officers, the sheriff's office reports.
Police continued to try to talk to Miller — through the window, using a megaphone and tossing a cell phone into the home — but Miller reportedly would not cooperate. Members of the SWAT team began arriving shortly after 5 a.m. and began to set up around the home.
At 8:12 a.m. Miller reportedly fired a shot from inside the home, so the SWAT team called in an armored personnel carrier. Deputies positioned the armored vehicle to provide cover for residents across the street as deputies escorted them away from the standoff.
Deputies then used the armored vehicle to knock down some tree branches and part of Miller’s front door so they could get a better look at what was going on inside. They sent in a robot to broadcast a video feed to SWAT members and enable deputies to talk to Miller, who was in a bedroom.
Just before 11 a.m. SWAT members threw in some flash-bang devices, entered the bedroom and took Miller into custody without any shots fired. SWAT members did not fire any rounds during the standoff, and no one was injured.
The crime of felony assault and battery on law officers is punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
Kuna woman charged with shooting at officers during standoff at her home
Robin Ann Miller, 58, reportedly fired at least once in the direction of Ada Metro SWAT team members who responded to an earlier report of shots fired and someone yelling for help at Miller’s home on South Cholla Drive.
After a six-hour standoff, Ada County sheriff’s deputies were able to get Miller out of the house. No one else was in the home, and it appears the shouts for help came from Miller, the sheriff's office reports.
Twelve homes in the neighborhood were evacuated for several hours until Miller was taken into custody around 11 a.m.
After evaluation at a local hospital, Miller was taken to the Ada County Jail, where she is being held on $250,000 bond. She is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a felony charge of assault and battery on a law enforcement officer.
Miller gave investigators no indication of why she called for help and fired gunshots, the sheriff's office reports. Two handguns were found in the home.
The incident began just after 3 a.m. Wednesday when Ada County dispatchers got a 911 call from a neighbor reporting gunshots and a cry for help from Miller’s home in the 1300 block of South Cholla.
Kuna police arrived moments later and found a broken window. They made contact with Miller by talking through the window, also seeing a gun inside the home at the same time. Miller would not explain what was going on or agree to come out to talk to officers, the sheriff's office reports.
Police continued to try to talk to Miller — through the window, using a megaphone and tossing a cell phone into the home — but Miller reportedly would not cooperate. Members of the SWAT team began arriving shortly after 5 a.m. and began to set up around the home.
At 8:12 a.m. Miller reportedly fired a shot from inside the home, so the SWAT team called in an armored personnel carrier. Deputies positioned the armored vehicle to provide cover for residents across the street as deputies escorted them away from the standoff.
Deputies then used the armored vehicle to knock down some tree branches and part of Miller’s front door so they could get a better look at what was going on inside. They sent in a robot to broadcast a video feed to SWAT members and enable deputies to talk to Miller, who was in a bedroom.
Just before 11 a.m. SWAT members threw in some flash-bang devices, entered the bedroom and took Miller into custody without any shots fired. SWAT members did not fire any rounds during the standoff, and no one was injured.
The crime of felony assault and battery on law officers is punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
So glad the officers decided against defending themselves against this poor person who's obviously going through a rough patch in her life.
