911 calls from 6/29-7/5

Monday, June 29
• 10:40 a.m. — A woman called 911 to advise that she brought a firecracker into the sheriff’s office and would like to speak to an officer in reference to the firecracker being “set off on her porch last night.”
Wednesday, July 1
• 8:31 p.m. — A Charlo woman reported to 911 that a lot of kids blowing off fireworks nearby are “scaring her pregnant kitty off.”
Thursday, July 2
• 7:42 a.m. — A woman called 911 and advised dispatchers that she is “fine” and “keeping the faith.”
Friday, July 3
• 4:05 a.m. — A woman reported to 911 that there is a woman at her residence that “they” would like removed as she came over and was “taking her clothes off in front of her husband.” Officers were unable to confirm whether the husband was as upset by the incident.
Saturday, July 4
• 9:22 a.m. — A woman reported to 911 that her neighbor is walking around his property “shooting gophers” with a BB gun and she was concerned that one of her kids playing in the yard might get ricocheted.
• 3:44 p.m. — A manager at Wal-Mart called 911 to report some individuals in a maroon Dodge pickup stealing one of the store’s outdoor picnic tables and loading it into the truck. Officers detained the men and returned the table unharmed.
• 5:48 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that there are “nude sunbathers” on the beach at Bear Dance State Park along Highway 35.
• 8:46 p.m. — A man called 911 “very hysterically” stating to dispatchers that somebody came and “destroyed all his trees.” The man suspected foulplay, as he advised that “goats were in with the trees.”
Sunday, July 5
• 4:51 a.m. — A man advised 911 dispatchers that his neighbor playing loud music all day and night is “ruining his life,” adding that if law enforcement didn’t do anything about it he would “take this issue to Helena.” I hear that issue is supposed to be a bipartisan talking point for the 2011 Montana legislative session.
• 9:56 p.m. — A man called 911 to report that there is a “big cat, black in color”, in a vacant lot across from the 1100 block of 8th Street in Polson. The reporting party didn’t believe the animal to be a mountain, “rather another big cat the size of a small husky.” At 10:16 p.m. Polson officers arrived on scene and got a visual on the animal — confirming it to be a mountain lion with a “four foot tail”, bedded down under the tree. While officers awaited the arrival of a rifle to shoot intruding animal, minutes later the cat slipped back behind the house and escaped.