(Blackfoot Police Department Press Release, November 9, 2026)
On November 6, 2026, at approximately 1:51 p.m., officers with the Blackfoot Police Department responded to a reported altercation at CAL Ranch, 250 North Meridian Street. While officers were en route, dispatch advised that an employee had reportedly been stabbed and that the suspect had fled on foot.
Officers received a description of the suspect and, upon arriving in the area, located a man matching that description. When officers attempted to stop him, he fled on foot. Officers took him into custody a short time later and identified him as Alphonso E. Chacon (35 years of age).
Blackfoot Police officers and detectives with the Bingham Joint Investigation Unit continued the investigation and interviewed the victim and witnesses. Investigators determined that Chacon had allegedly left the store with unpaid merchandise. Two CAL Ranch employees who witnessed the reported theft attempted to stop him, and a brief altercation followed. During the altercation, Chacon allegedly stabbed one employee in the right bicep with a small knife and fled the area. The employee was treated at the scene for an injury that was not considered life-threatening.
Chacon was booked into the Bingham County Jail on charges of Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Battery, Burglary, and Resisting and Obstructing Officers. Chacon is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
