911 calls from 5/25-5/31

Monday, May 25
• 1:25 p.m. — A man called 911 and reported that he had been hit by a dump truck near the Elmo dump. While the man’s vehicle was passing the truck, the truck allegedly swerved into him. The reporting party said he then blocked in the dump truck which prompted the truck’s driver to get out of his vehicle and a verbal and physical fight between the two men ensued.
Once authorities arrived on scene both men reportedly wanted to file “assault” charges against “eachother.” Wow! Road rage much?

Tuesday, May 26
• 9:18 a.m. — A woman reported to 911 that a man is either “asleep or dead” in a white Buick Lesabre on the Buchanan side of Ronan City Park.
• 11:43 a.m. — A man reported an act of vandalism when a “huge tree about 200 feet tall” was cut down on his property and he did not want it cut down.
• 5:35 p.m. — Two intoxicated men were arrested for disorderly conduct after fighting on Main Street in Charlo.
• 5:57 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that a “drunk man just walked into his house” and he doesn’t know who he is.
• 6:05 p.m. — A woman called 911 and advised that there is a drunk woman “talking to herself” in front of Lynn’s Drive-in in St. Ignatius.
• 8 p.m. — A woman reported that there is a teenage male walking up 11th Street towards 13th “carrying a handgun.” Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the boy.

Wednesday, May 27
• 10:02 a.m. — A woman called 911 and reported that she has a “restraining order” on a man who she noticed had “added her as a friend on Facebook” when she checked this morning. She was concerned about this because she did not approve him as a “friend” and did not give him permission to go onto her Facebook site.
Anyone who argues that Facebook and MySpace are not a stalker’s dream should look no further.
• 8:39 p.m. — A man reported that there appeared to be at least “10 people fighting” in Polson’s Sacajawea Park. Upon arrival a Polson officer could not locate any of the brawlers, adding “They must’ve took care of it themselves.”
• 10:22 p.m. — A woman called 911 and advised dispatchers that she could see “very bright lights flash seven times repeatedly in the sky” between Ronan and Charlo. She was concerned that the lights may be someone “signaling for help”, possibly Care Flight — as she had heard them earlier on her police scanner radio.
A sheriff’s deputy found the light to be coming from the end of an “irrigation line” and contacted the reporting party to notify her.

Thursday, May 28
• 8:48 a.m. — A woman reported to 911 that she was upset as “they” may be using her place as a “drug drop.” She explained that when she left for church there was money under a rock by her door, which was gone when she returned home. The lady said she subsequently found an “envelope that had drugs in it” in the bushes by her door. She described the drugs as a “tobacco substance.”
Upon follow-up, a Polson officer identified the “drugs” as “butternut seeds” and the money was found to have fallen out of her “neighbor’s pocket.”
• 9:40 a.m. — A woman advised dispatchers that someone had “sabotaged her lawn mower,” as her son had tried starting it last night and the gasline was cut. The lady claimed that the act of vandalism could have “killed her son.”
• 10:44 a.m. — A St. Ignatius man reported that there is a pipe with cement on one side laying on the side of the road near Pierce Lane, stating that it looks like a “pipe bomb” without a fuse in it. Mission police confirmed that it was not a pipe bomb, just a piece of someone’s “fence post.”
• 4:23 p.m. — A woman called 911 and reported that her friend had found “blood-soaked clothing” in a dumpster behind Woody’s in Polson last Tuesday. Police checked but were unable to locate the items.
• 6:19 p.m. — A woman reported that her “adult swing” in her yard had been “tipped over on its top.” She suspected it was either her neighbor or some kids who she talked to about “cutting through her yard.”
• 8:58 p.m. — A man, who had warrants for his arrest out of Missoula county, called 911 to report that his daughters were “stealing his meds.” Police arrived on scene and found they were not actually stealing the “meds,” the man got “agitated” with officers, and he was arrested for the outstanding warrant.
Here’s a tip, if you have a warrant out for your arrest, it’s not an emergency, and you don’t like jail — you probably don’t want to call the cops.
• 10:09 p.m. — A manager at Ace Hardware reported to 911 that they have an individual who is “stealing bricks.”
• 11:20 p.m. — A Ronan man reported a fight on Main Street in front of the Second Chance and Pheasant Lounge bars, adding that he heard someone saying “use the brass knuckles.” Ronan officers said two males were headed south on Main Street wearing “all black.”
The man who was jumped did not want to press charges even though the men with the “brass knuckles” stole some money from him as well as his hat. Isn’t that robbery with a weapon, a felony?

Friday, May 29
• 7:49 a.m. — A woman advised 911 dispatchers that there was a guy at “The Duck” bar in Woods Bay last night who “tried to beat her ***.” She said the same man is down the street at her cousin’s house on Lakeview Drive and she would like to press charges.
• 2:42 p.m. — A man called 911 and advised that “hecklers” were able to “steal his dog leash” last week because they disabled his “motion detector.”
• 3:46 p.m. — A woman reported a “fight” between two males at a turnout on Highway 35 north of Fulkerson’s Corner with “one man chasing the other into traffic.” She reported not seeing any weapons but said the men were definitely “duking it out.”
A sheriff’s deputy reported that it ended up just being a couple of buddies “messing around with eachother.”
• 7:26 p.m. — A school janitor in Ronan called 911 and reported finding a puddle of “urine” in a corner near the school building and suspected some men playing basketball nearby of the deposit. When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Saturday, May 30
• 6:54 a.m. — A man called 911 and advised that he is “drunk and lost” at Super 1 Foods, adding that he hadn’t seen his buddy in over six hours and remembered staying with a friend last night but doesn’t know who. Wow, now that’s what you call a hangover.
• 12:39 p.m. — 911 dispatchers received a call from a male tourist driving through the Arlee area who advised a construction traffic “flagger having a tough time standing, staggering, and then laying on the ground.” The reporting party was concerned that she may have been “drinking.”
Turned out the flagger had a “cramp in her leg” and was trying to “walk it off.”
• 4:56 p.m. — A man called 911 and reported a very intoxicated woman walking down Highway 93 and “falling into traffic” near Subway. Upon police investigation and a subsequent breathalyzer test, the woman blew a .355 blood alcohol content rating.
• 6:50 p.m. — A woman reported that someone had stolen the motor and gas tank off their boat on Light Road in Pablo.
• 10:04 p.m. — A woman called 911 and reported an intoxicated man who got “kicked out of a pickup truck” at the entrance to the apartment complex. The man then reportedly attempted to “climb a fence” but failed, and proceeded to sit on the grass and “throw rocks at his residence.”

Sunday, May 31
• 4:03 p.m. — A man called 911 and reported that his wife believes she may have found a “shin bone” while mowing in the back yard of their Elmo residence. Police officers took pictures and possession of the bone which has been sent to the state crime lab in Missoula.
• 6:10 p.m. — A bartender at Raleigh’s reported that a man in a wheelchair was dropped off at the bar earlier, had a few drinks, and is now “passed out next door.” The man was checked on by Polson officers who he told that “he was just meditating.”
I hear parking lots and alleyways next to bars are typically the best places to find one’s center and focus on the Chi.
• 9:38 p.m. — A woman called 911 and requested an officer come down as there is a “male yelling in the bushes,” adding that she does not want him there anymore.