Police said officers detained the 27-year-old defendant on the porch and found an injured man inside the Sublette Street residence.

POCATELLO, Idaho — A 27-year-old Pocatello man has been charged with aggravated battery after police said he stabbed his roommate in the neck during an early-morning confrontation at their home, then was found sitting outside when officers arrived.

Dylan Michael Myler was arrested following the June 24 incident at a residence on Sublette Street, according to accounts of a police booking affidavit published by East Idaho News, Local News 8 and Law&Crime. The reports said officers were sent to the home at about 3 a.m. after receiving a report that a man had been stabbed. Myler is presumed innocent unless he is found guilty in court.

Officers arriving at the house reportedly saw Myler sitting on the porch and smoking a cigarette. Police ordered him to keep his hands visible and walk toward them, according to East Idaho News. He followed the commands and was placed in handcuffs. Officers said they found a small pocketknife in his possession while taking him into custody.

The injured man was still inside the residence. Police said they found him in a room holding the left side of his neck and having difficulty walking. The man had two puncture wounds on the left side of his neck, a cut on his right ring finger and two open wounds on his left arm, according to the affidavit account. Emergency medical workers later took him to a hospital. His name and an updated description of his condition were not released in the reports reviewed for this article.

Investigators also documented blood inside the home and medication scattered across the floor. East Idaho News reported that officers described blood spatter and pills in the room where they found the injured man. Law&Crime reported blood on the walls, while Local News 8 described blood on the bedroom floor. Those differences reflect how the news organizations summarized the same reported police document and do not establish separate findings.

The injured man told police he had become concerned about Myler’s behavior before the confrontation, according to the affidavit account. He reportedly said Myler had been acting strangely and walked away when questioned. The man then obtained medication prescribed to Myler and went to the room where Myler had lain down, intending to give it to him, the reports said.

Myler allegedly reacted after the man entered the room. According to East Idaho News, the injured man told officers that Myler jumped from the bed holding a short-bladed knife. Police said Myler stabbed him in the neck during the encounter. Law&Crime reported that the man escaped to his bedroom, locked the door and called 911 after the attack. The other two reports did not include that portion of the account. Police said Myler gave investigators a different description of the moments immediately before the stabbing but acknowledged using the knife. According to Local News 8, he told officers he had been lying in bed and listening to music when the man entered his room and stood in the doorway. East Idaho News reported that Myler said the man frightened him and that the uninvited entry made him angry.

Myler allegedly told police that he grabbed the pocketknife and tried to stab the man in the neck. When investigators asked about his purpose, he responded, “I wanted to kill him,” according to the affidavit account quoted by all three news organizations. The statement is an allegation contained in a police document and has not been tested through testimony or cross-examination in court.

Prosecutors charged Myler with one felony count of aggravated battery. East Idaho News reported that Bannock County Prosecutor Ian Johnson also filed a motion seeking a sentencing enhancement based on the alleged use of a deadly weapon. Under the punishment ranges described by the news organization, the aggravated battery count could carry up to 15 years in prison if Myler is convicted, and the proposed weapon enhancement could add as many as 15 more years.

A request for a sentencing enhancement does not amount to a separate finding of guilt. Prosecutors would still have to prove the criminal allegation and satisfy the legal requirements for any enhanced punishment. The charging decision represents the state’s accusation, while the defense may challenge the affidavit, the alleged statements, the physical evidence or other parts of the prosecution’s case as proceedings continue.

East Idaho News identified Jay Eugene Fuson as Myler’s appointed public defender. The organization said the Idaho State Public Defender’s Office does not comment on active cases. The available reports did not include a statement from Fuson addressing the allegations, and no defense account of the confrontation was available beyond the statements police attributed to Myler in the booking affidavit. The reports said Myler was taken to the Bannock County Jail and initially held on a $10,000 bond. A county webpage directs the public to the Bannock County sheriff’s application for current inmate information, but the accessible county page did not independently display Myler’s present custody status. A booking photograph used by the news organizations was attributed to the county jail.

The case was initially scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 1:30 p.m. July 8 before Magistrate Judge Aaron Thompson, according to East Idaho News. A preliminary hearing in an Idaho felony case is a stage at which prosecutors seek to show enough evidence for the charge to proceed. The Bannock County prosecutor’s office explains that the state must establish probable cause, rather than prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at that stage.

The outcome of the reported July 8 hearing could not be independently confirmed through the publicly accessible material reviewed for this article. No later reliable report located in the search described whether the hearing occurred, was postponed or resulted in the case being sent to district court. Any change in the charge, bond, custody status or court schedule therefore remains unconfirmed.

The publicly reported evidence at this stage comes largely from a police booking affidavit summarized by local and national news organizations. Such affidavits present allegations used to support an arrest or charge and may not include every witness statement, medical finding or piece of evidence gathered in an investigation. The victim’s full account, the extent of his recovery and any additional statements from other occupants of the home have not been publicly detailed.

Myler remains accused, not convicted. The aggravated battery allegation and proposed deadly-weapon enhancement will be subject to the normal court process, including defense review and judicial rulings. Publicly accessible reports reviewed as of Monday did not establish the case’s status after the hearing that had been placed on the July 8 calendar.

Author note: Last updated July 27, 2026.