Man makes 911 call from rolled truck
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 10 years, 10 months AGO
The Kalispell Police Department took a call from a man who wasn’t very clear. Dispatchers were able to puzzle out he had crashed his truck into a ditch near McGregor Lane on U.S. 2 and was bleeding. Multiple agencies responded to the accident. His truck had rolled over and blocked the eastbound lane of the highway.
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office took a call from a Marion resident who reported some graffiti on a school on Gopher Lane. The vandals had hit the side of the school and some signs as well.
A dog on Mallard Loop in Whitefish was loose and knocking over garbage cans.
A man on Columbia Falls Stage in Columbia Falls called authorities to report an ongoing issue with a neighbor. The men had been in a dispute before and the neighbor had flashed a pistol. The caller was concerned about his family’s safety with the man next door.
A distraught youth in Bigfork was threatening to kill himself. A family friend arrived and was able to calm the boy down.
A Kalispell resident came into the sheriff’s office to report someone had been placing pornographic images on the Internet with her face “Photoshopped” onto them. The reporting party was working with Facebook’s fraud division to remove the images, which were not criminal in nature.
A Ridgewood Drive woman called the police over a dispute regarding a DVD. The caller’s sister stated she had been having some mental health issues and charges of harassment should be met with some skepticism. The parties were counseled about their issues.
A Somers man called about his special needs son getting violent and striking him and his brother-in-law. They had to use force in return until he stopped. The parties said it was an ongoing issue. The caller was instructed to call back if the situation escalated.
Nearly a dozen charges of fraud were called into the sheriff’s office at gas stations all over the valley. Someone had been charging gas and had been caught.
A Spokane Avenue woman called the Whitefish Police Department to report receiving strange text messages from her mother’s cell phone telling her to contact the sheriff’s office.
A woman wanted to speak to an officer regarding a sexual assault that happened back in 2001. The caller no longer lived in Montana and was calling from a different state.
A woman called the police in tears after coming home to find her fiance was gone, along with all his possessions. They had just sent out their wedding invitations. She tried to call the man only to find his phone had been disconnected. She said he had been depressed lately and was last seen yesterday heading up Big Mountain.
A Central Avenue man called the police after two teenagers attempted to steal his truck. He detained one of the boys while the other one made a break for it. One of the boys’ mothers came to the parking lot to free the would-be carjacker.
A man on U.S. 93 drove into a snow bank and got his car stuck. The caller had attempted to help the man only to find him speaking incoherently. Officers found the man was having a diabetic issue and he was given medical assistance.
Alarms
The Creston Fire Department took a call about a chimney fire on Snowberry Trail at 8:53 a.m.
The Coram-West Glacier Fire Department took a call about a structure fire on U.S. 2 in Coram at 9:58 a.m.