Police Blotter - July 18-21
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July 18
• The Glacier Bank manager reported trespassers on the bank property stealing items.
• A person called from Highway 37 about another burglary occurring on the property.
• A person called in about a black-and-white zebra-striped wallet with a pink zipper.
• On Thompson Lake Road, a caller advised of a person who was possibly having a heart attack.
• A person called from Swede Gulch Road reporting that a mailbox had been hit by a vehicle.
• A man called in from Florence Road saying he was being threatened by his son who had a weapon.
July 19
• A person called in from Bull Lake Road reporting that someone had broken into their home. They said the screen was removed from the window.
• A man called from Granite Avenue about vandalism on his vehicle. He said the night before, someone had let the air out of the tires and broke the tire stems.
• A call came from Health Park Drive about a father who was causing trouble around a mother who had just given birth.
• A person called in about a fire on Highway 2 near mile marker 78.
• A woman came into the sheriff’s lobby to report that her former employee was harassing her.
• A woman called from Parmenter Drive about a lost iPhone. She said she thought teenage boys took it.
• A couple called from Bull Lake Road to report that they had lost their pet pot-bellied pig a day and a half before. The pig has tusks, weighs 150 pounds and comes to the name of Porky “Pig Pig Pig.”
• A person reported someone stealing firewood for Rosauers. The person left the scene in a silver Chevy.
• Near the Halfway House on Bull Lake Road, someone found an abandoned water tube.
• A man called from Happy’s Inn about how he had lent his four-wheeler to a friend, and the friend had not returned for hours.
July 20
• Someone from Bobtail Road called to complain of a “very loud party” at a neighbor’s house.
• A call came in from Christian Life Church about two people behind the church who appeared to be stealing a boat motor.
• Someone called in about a “drunken brawl.”
• A person called in about a 15-by-15 fire on Rainbow Lake Loop Road.
• A man was reported to have a heart attack on Cliffside Drive. He was later transported to Cabinet Peaks.
• A man called from Main Avenue to ask an officer to go to the residence across from his. He said the neighbors have a brown and white dog that had been barking non-stop all day.
• A man called in from Robbe Road about his wife who had stopped breathing but was still conscious. The woman was transported to Cabinet Peaks.
• A woman called in from Highway 2 about a man who was drinking and was out of control. She said she was smashing things and threatening to hurt her. The man was later transported to a hotel to remove him from the situation.
• A call came in about a suspicious person carrying only a suitcase in Pioneer Pavilion.
• A warrant arrest was made for Joe David Collum.
• Near Highway 37 and Pipe Creek Road, a caller overheard a disturbance between a man and a woman. The woman accused the man of throwing her out of a moving vehicle and they continued to fight.
• On Trainer Street, a caller complained about a dirt bike that was racing without a muffler.
• A woman from the Care Center called for an officer to respond to a resident who was out of control at the facility.
July 21
• A man met with a Troy business man in the Missoula area who he had hired to make a holster for his gun. The business man refused to give the gun back to the man and shoved it into the man’s stomach. The caller felt threatened.
• A call came in from Hammer Cutoff about four cows that wandered into the caller’s pasture.
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