Idaho man arrested for allegedly assaulting a Logan business owner last December

LOGAN — A 22-year-old Franklin, Idaho man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a Logan business owner outside his store last December. Baylen Stone Hyer was booked Sunday into the Cache County Jail after police were able to identify him from evidence collected at the scene.

According to an arrest affidavit, Logan City Police officers were called to the business on report of an assault Dec. 7. The alleged victim described how a group of male individuals had been acting disorderly and disruptive. As they left, they made vulgar statement towards some of the employees.

The alleged victim, who is the business manager, followed the group outside and told them to leave the premises. One member of the group, later identified as Hyer, engaged in a verbal altercation with the manger, refusing to leave and continuing to act verbally aggressive, the report stated.

As the incident continued, Hyer allegedly punched the manager in the face. The two engaged in a physical altercation, and the defendant reportedly wrapped his arm around the victim’s neck and strangled him to the point of unconsciousness.

Police report the incident was seen by multiple witnesses and captured on security video. Hyer was later identified by analyzing credit card information he had previously used at the business, the affidavit claimed.

Hyer was questioned by officers on Sunday. He admitted to participating in the incident at the business but claimed the manager had made “aggressive gestures and statements to him prior to the fight,” according to the report. He also acknowledged to punching and strangling the alleged victim to the point of unconsciousness.

Wednesday, Hyer was arraigned in 1st District Court. He was charged with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and criminal trespass, class B misdemeanor.

Hyer is being held in jail without bail. He could face up to 15 years in prison, if convicted.

Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.


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6 Comments

  • Fed up July 14, 2022 at 12:13 am Reply

    Interesting. So, if Mr Hyer had stabbed the business owner over five times, and then been rearrested several months later with 3.5 pounds of methamphetamine in his possession while carrying a firearm as a restricted person, would he get 150 days in the county jail also, or would he still be facing 15 years in prison??

    • Dave July 14, 2022 at 1:43 pm Reply

      Racist!

  • John July 14, 2022 at 3:49 pm Reply

    Looks like Mr. Hyer will be a resident of Utah for awhile. He should have never lied to the police about defending himself when its all on camera. When he gets out hopefully he learned something because this juvenile attitude now may pave his path to be a career criminal and right now that’s the direction he is headed.

  • Fed up July 14, 2022 at 8:14 pm Reply

    Or a 15 year stint in the state prison will ensure he adopts a life of criminal behavior. I don’t condone violence, nor do I condone lying. In comparison to the 19 year old who stabbed someone five times, who was caught with 3 1/2 pounds of methamphetamine and a firearm, and who received 150 days in the county jail, I’d say Mr Byers’s sentence of 15 years for much less damage is excessive. Sounds like the business owner may be using their standing in the community to utilize the courts to exact retribution on Mr Byers rather than to seek justice.

    • Bo July 21, 2022 at 8:49 am Reply

      15 years is just the maximum sentence possible for those charges, and is by no means what any criminal is guaranteed to be sentenced. By the time he makes his way through the court process they will probably have some kind of plea deal in place, and he’ll end up getting much less than the max. Also, I’m not sure you understand how the court system works, the business owner isn’t the one prosecuting him, at most they’ll be able to make a statement or two before the judge. They certainly won’t be able to “utilize the courts to exact retribution,” that’s not how this works.

      • Fed up July 22, 2022 at 12:24 am Reply

        Yes, I actually do understand how the system works; I also know that if/when those who have social/economic/political standing in this community, these “prominent” individuals have been known to utilize their “clout” and subsequently make matters much worse for an offender; especially if a business owner’s pride was injured by a 22 year old. I understand that Mr Byers will probably get a plea deal offer from the DA since that makes it easier to gain a “conviction” rather than have a jury or a bench trial. This young man will probably end up doing six months in jail, or at worst get a 0-5 sentence at the state prison. I was just pointing out the sheer irony of our justice system; that a 19 year old who stabbed someone, got rearrested several months later for possession of 3 1/2 pounds of meth and a firearm, etc and received only 150 days in jail. That 19 year old young man clearly poses a bigger threat to the community than the 22 year old who punched and choked a business owner. I wanted to highlight how arbitrary the sentences handed down from judges really are; that these punishments have little to no affect ot intent of deterring crime, nor do they have much if any logic to them. Seems like we’ll just have to wait and see what sentence Mr Byers receives.

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