Man's arrest nets gun, marijuana

Flathead County sheriff's deputies took a 53-year-old man into custody on suspicion of assault with a weapon and criminal possession of dangerous drugs Wednesday afternoon, after they were called to lower Lost Prairie. He allegedly shot at two people who came to repossess a fifth-wheel trailer from the address on Pleasant Valley Road. They left and called for deputies, who found a pistol that had been fired, about 1 1/4 pounds of marijuana packed in a tin, and drug paraphernalia.

A foul smell that made a Liberty Street resident suspect drug use in the upstairs apartment turned out to be a rotten-egg smell that may have signaled sewer problems instead.

Food and water were found at the site where the owner had left dogs that were reported tied to a tree.

Cats were being trapped, then taken by an Evergreen fire official to the animal shelter - not being poisoned as the caller feared.

Dirt-bike riders cut through a corner lot in Hungry Horse, leaving ruts in an irritated resident's yard.

Four teens were reported destroying a vehicle after midnight in the Canyon area.

Packages fell off a commercial truck at Rose Crossing and U.S. 2, so the deputy who found them moved them to the side of the road. The driver reportedly returned to pick them up, but they were gone.

Mail theft and criminal mischief were the latest report in an ongoing dispute on Browns Road.

Rudeness and a departure on foot were the characteristics of a man reported from Los Caporales restaurant Thursday morning.

Guns, food, a laptop computer and a PlayStation were reported stolen from a home on Mountain Meadow Road.

Deputies checked on a report Thursday afternoon of two horses pastured without food or water. No outcome was available.