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Coffee duel draws deputies

| February 27, 2008 1:00 AM

A man dropping his child off at an Evergreen school Monday morning allegedly threw his coffee into the face of another parent. Threats were also exchanged. Flathead County Sheriff's deputies are investigating.

After checking his credit, a Flathead County man told deputies somebody in Texas is using his social security number.

A Smith Lake Road resident is accused of putting nails in a neighbor's driveway.

Threatening phone calls were made to a man in the Bigfork area.

A Blaine Mountain Road man told deputies that somebody has written $1,600 worth of checks against his account.

Waste from a motor home being disposed of in a nearby garbage can has a Shady Lane resident worried about a health hazard.

Kids hanging out and possibly fighting outside a big box store on U.S. 2 in Evergreen were gone when deputies arrived.

A couple who returned to a Middle Road residence after their lease ran out were reported for trespassing. Deputies advised the pair to stay off the property.

A man took off hitchhiking down U.S. 2 near Essex after getting into a fight with a woman. They later made up and she gave him a ride.

A Chapman Hill road man told deputies his ex-wife and her boyfriend stole his camping trailer.

A man called deputies after a car pulled into his driveway on U.S. 93 because he wasn't sure if his ex-wife, whom he has a restraining order against, put the driver up to it.

Deputies mediated between two Willow Glen Drive residents participating in an ongoing dispute involving a child.

Deputies were unable to locate a Chevrolet Suburban reported for unknowingly dragging a dead dog caught up in the undercarriage down Church Drive.

When a woman arrived to clean an unoccupied Gladys Glen Drive residence, she found a car in the driveway and called deputies. Turns out the car belonged to a neighbor, who parked it in the empty house's driveway because their own was too slick to climb.

Medication was reported stolen from a home on U.S. 2 in Kila and a trailer was reported stolen on U.S. 2 near Columbia Falls.

A student of a school in Bigfork was caught distributing medication to other kids on the bus.

A too-tall tractor-trailer ripped down some electrical wires on Bernard Road.

A Helena Flats Road resident told deputies someone cut the break line on their car.

A grass fire was reported on Holt Stage Road, but it was extinguished before deputies arrived or fire departments could be dispatched.

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on U.S. 93. The woman suffered a shoulder injury but refused transport to the hospital.

Kalispell police arrested a 33-year-old man for driving under the influence of alcohol, resisting arrest, and eluding after officers received reports of a reckless driver and followed the man's car all the way into Evergreen.

A 30-year-old man was arrested at a car dealership on U.S. 93 South for violating a protection order.

Purses were stolen from cars at a sandwich shop and paint store on West Idaho Street.

A rifle was stolen from an unlocked car on Third Avenue East; a wallet and radio were stolen from a car on Sixth Avenue West; items went missing from a car on Fifth Avenue West; and a radio face plate was taken from a car Fourth Avenue West. The last car was also ransacked.

Vehicles were broken into on Fourth Avenue West and 11th Street East, but nothing appeared to have been taken.

A Seventh Avenue East North woman reported receiving threats. Officers spoke to the suspect's mother and advised her to tell the suspect to quit.

Officers counseled a man and a woman involved in an argument on Seventh Avenue West. The police were called after a neighbor saw her run out of the house.

A man sitting in a truck on First Avenue West North was reported as a suspicious person. Turns out he had just had an argument with his wife.

A 19-year-old man was arrested on warrants for disorderly conduct and possession of drugs, drug paraphernalia, and alcohol during a traffic stop on Three Mile Drive.

An Appleway Drive man called police after his roommate started yelling into his face during an argument.

Officers cited a man found sleeping in the bathrooms at the county fairgrounds for trespassing.

Someone drove through a Fifth Avenue West yard, flattening a fence and crushing the bushes.

Bracelets and necklaces were stolen from a First street West building.

Officers counseled two people refusing to leave a woman's Eighth Avenue West residence.

Whitefish police arrested a 46-year-old man on Hazel Place for violating an order of protection.

An occupant of red Honda was spotted tossing an egg at a parked car on Central Avenue and Second Street.

A 22-year-old man was arrested for driving on a suspended license during a traffic stop on East Edgewood Drive.

A 35-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on Baker Avenue and 13th Street.

Columbia Falls police counseled a person who came to them complaining about an unwanted person who wouldn't leave their house.

A 46-year-old woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on U.S. 2.

A window was broken out of an art gallery on U.S. 2.

Officers arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly stealing a credit card.

Alarms

The Evergreen Fire Department responded to Solberg Drive and took a 57-year-old woman who accidentally took the wrong medication to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

The Whitefish Fire Department responded to Sixth Street East after a car ran into a tree. One person was taken to North Valley Hospital.

The Kalispell Fire Department responded to a two car accident at the intersection of Grandview and Four Mile Drives and transported patients to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

ALERT, the Badrock Fire Department, and Three Rivers EMS responded to Middle road where a 16-year-old boy was bucked by a horse. The boy was taken to the hospital.