Deputies arrest assault suspect

Flathead County sheriff's deputies arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of partner or family member assault after a disturbance Tuesday evening at the Backwood Trailer site on Montana 35. Deputies said he beat a woman, then took her son and left in her vehicle. They caught up to him and took him into custody, and handed the child over to Department of Family Services.

It just wasn't safe, said the caller who spotted a woman driving in the Smith Valley School parking lot with two children whom she allowed to sit on her lap, then let another child jump into the car while it was moving.

Four deputies went to a domestic disturbance Tuesday afternoon on Potter Lane in Columbia Falls. The man and woman were separated, and the man got a ride to the bus station.

If only he could have behaved until June 2, when his probation expired: A man on probation for theft got into a fight with his significant other a few weeks back, moved out of the residence, then left his job site. Problem was, he didn't tell his probation officer where he was going. Now he's wanted for failure to register.

Deputies said it was assault and littering when a teenage girl drove by another girl riding a bicycle and tossed a pop can, hitting her in the head.

In Coram, a neighbor harassed someone's dogs and moved survey pins.

It apparently sounded like loud thunder to the caller who complained Tuesday evening about a boat disturbing the peacefulness of Stillwater Lake.

Deputies said a male came by the White Birch Motel on Shady Lane, beat up some people behind Room No. 1, then left in a car.

The person burglarizing a garage on Cheery Lynn Lane ran away before taking anything when someone spotted him and screamed at about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday.

A man was arrested after a disturbance in Hungry Horse a little before 1 a.m.