Report of man chasing squirrels with a stick led to heroin arrest

Police in Boise, Idaho, responding to a report of a man chasing squirrels led to him facing drug charges.

Boise Police Department officers were called on Wednesday over a report of a man chasing squirrels with a stick. Officers say they arrested 25-year-old Aaron Lehotsky for cruelty to animals, but BPD says officers found two grams of heroin in his possession. Lehotsky was booked into the Ada County Jail on felony trafficking and misdemeanor cruelty to animals and resisting arrest.