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Car was stuck, man wasn't

| February 23, 2008 1:00 AM

While responding to reports of suspicious activity on Turtle Mountain Road, Flathead County sheriff's deputies came across a car stuck in the mud. As deputies approached the vehicle, a man took off running across a nearby field.

A Springcreek Drive man notified deputies after receiving a phone call from a former friend saying someone had to put a bullet into him.

A Caroline Drive resident called authorities to report on their neighbor's pit bull, so the neighbor responded by gathering up garbage and dumping it on the person's porch.

Someone passing by a furniture store on Montana 35 in Evergreen reported seeing a man lying under a tree but was too scared to approach him. Paramedics arrived and found a pile of blankets.

A 10-year-old boy was reported for pushing a 10-year-old girl at a bus stop near Willow Glen Drive.

Authorities obtained a search warrant for a Wintercrest Drive residence to look for a skunk.

A 70-year-old woman was reported missing after failing to arrive at a Bierney Creek Road on time. She later showed up unharmed.

Someone taking a dog for a walk thought he spotted the remnants of an old meth lab near Spencer Lake. The substance turned out to be some sort of fuel oil.

A man driving in the McMannamy Draw area told deputies that another motorist jumped out and punched him in the head after they were forced to brake for a tractor-trailer stopped in the middle of the road.

A Coram man told deputies two men assaulted him - after trying to break into his car - at a gas station on U.S. 2. He later decided not to file charges.

A Maple Drive resident called deputies after hearing the neighbors yelling. Deputies responded and separated a man and a woman involved in a heated argument.

A woman found in a car behind a Whitefish liquor store and thought to be unresponsive was just sleeping.

Campers legally occupying a site near a fishing access on U.S. 2 were reported as suspicious people, again.

An employee of a Kalispell athletic club told deputies somebody put sugar in her gas tank.

A tractor-trailer jackknifed on U.S. 2 about five miles east of West Glacier.

Deputies responded Tuesday to Herron Park and took an intoxicated woman with alcohol poisoning to Kalispell Regional Medical Center. The woman, who is underage, was in the area drinking with two men. One of them slipped and fell on the ice, prompting the initial 911 call. The incident marks the second reported alcohol overdose of 2008 and 24th since June 2005, according to the Alcohol Enforcement Team.