Pill-swallowing causes concern

Flathead County deputies answered a welfare-check request from the hospital about a 14-year-old girl who kept calling the hospital saying she had taken seven ibuprofen and 12 caffeine pills and was vomiting. The combination carries no serious effects. Deputies found that the mother was aware of the pills that she allegedly took at school with friends, and was monitoring her daughter. But she was more concerned that the pills came from another parent and were taken by the kids at school. A short time later a 15-year-old girl came to the hospital reporting the same pill-swallowing incident. The hospital asked deputies to check on yet another 15-year-old girl reportedly home alone, but they found the house dark and closed up.

A caller was worried about the safety of two very young-looking girls hitchhiking at the corner of Reserve and U.S. 93.

It's a civil matter, police told the noncustodial parent concerned about the son's large number of missed school days.

It was his ex-wife in Florida whom he suspected of using a credit card under his identity.

A 46-year-old man was arrested on U.S. 2 West on suspicion of criminal contempt after officers investigated the possibility that he had stolen a vehicle and assaulted a woman. A deputy picked the victim up at a Columbia Falls convenience store.

It was "vehicle vs. tree" on Conrad Drive. It sounded as if the tree won.

The Harmony Road resident was certain that the driving done through his yard was intentional.

A logging truck driver reportedly ran a red light, almost rear-ended a driver while turning, then offered a one-fingered salute.