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Flathead County sheriff

| November 1, 2008 1:00 AM

An intoxicated man allegedly hit on a 15-year-old baby sitter at a home on Somers Stage Road. Flathead County sheriff's deputies responded after other people present asked the man to stop and punches were thrown. Deputies forwarded their report to the Flathead County Attorney's Office for possible charges.

Somebody out hiking in the Hungry Horse area found a backpack and turned it in to authorities. Deputies are trying to contact the owner.

A boy who escaped from a treatment center in Marion was picked up by authorities on his way to Kalispell and returned.

A school bus driver noticed two men drinking beer and lying along the highway near a Seville Lane stop. The men were gone when deputies arrived.

A Tamarack Lane woman left some rings on the counter of her home while she was on vacation. The jewelry was gone when she returned. The woman suspects it may have been a family member.

Transients, one of whom reported his bike stolen, continue to come and go from a condemned residence on Nicholson Drive.

Deputies responded to South Many Lakes Drive, where somebody was going door-to-door, offering financial advice.

Deputies told a couple making out near Lybeck's Dike to move along.

Deputies told a man and his ex-girlfriend in the Bigfork area to leave each other alone. Each accused the other of making threats.

Money was taken from an unlocked vehicle on Parklane Drive in Evergreen, and tools were taken from a construction site on Lupine Drive.

Three teens were spotted trying door handles in the parking lot of a vehicle rental company on U.S. 2 in Evergreen.

A Hungry horse man complained that his ex-girlfriend and her mother showed up at his residence to harass him.

Tools were stolen from a work trailer on East Evergreen Drive.

Deputies received 145 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Kalispell police

A man called Kalispell police to report that his ex-girlfriend wouldn't let him leave a 10th Street West residence, but that he escaped - leaving his boots behind. Later, the ex-girlfriend called to report that the man had ripped off her bra and bruised her arm, but might try to claim that she sexually assaulted him.

Officers arrested a 39-year-old woman on suspicion of theft after she allegedly stole $11 from a clinic off U.S. 93.

A 13-year-old boy, who took off from his 10th Street West home, later returned.

Jewelry and a video-game system were reported missing from a Second Avenue West residence.

Employees of a grocery store on U.S. 93 South asked police to remove a panhandler from the premises.

An Eighth Street East woman told police she suspects that her ex-husband figured out her cell phone password and erased all her messages.

A Fifth Avenue East woman filed a complaint against a man she had dated in the past. He allegedly was sending her harassing messages and demanding the return of some jewelry.

A pickup was spotted spinning brodies in the grass at Woodland Park.

Officers arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of DUI during a traffic stop on U.S. 2, and a 55-year-old man on suspicion of DUI during a traffic stop on West Idaho Street.

Officers responded to a restaurant on East Idaho Street after a customer complained that another customer urinated on his vehicle.

Officers responded to a domestic disturbance on 10th Avenue West. A man allegedly was yelling and threatening to kill a woman, but she was the one arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Someone took a bat to a mailbox on Airport Road.

Officers received 60 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 p.m. Friday.

Whitefish police

Whitefish police arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of shoplifting after he allegedly took a shirt from a downtown snowboarding shop.

Officers received 38 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Columbia Falls police

Columbia Falls police arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on Second Street East.

The family dog reportedly was stolen from a Railroad Street residence.

A high-school student was arrested on suspicion of possession of tobacco. Another student was arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Officers received 39 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Alarms

The Kalispell Fire Department responded to Ponderosa Street after smoke from a cooking mishap filled a residence.

The Whitefish Fire Department responded to a lodge on U.S. 93 after a burn pile near their golf course flared up. The flames were quickly gotten under control.

The Kalispell Fire Department and Evergreen Fire Department responded to Presentine Bar for a rollover crash. Three people were treated for minor injuries.

The ALERT helicopter, Somers Fire Department, and Lakeside Quick Response Unit responded to a rollover crash on U.S. 93 south of Lakeside. Two people were taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center, one via helicopter and one via ground ambulance, with non-life-threatening injuries.

The smell of burning electrical wires prompted the Columbia Falls Fire Department to respond to a church on Second Street West and the Kalispell Fire Department to a business on Second and Main streets.

The West Valley Fire Department responded to what was reported as an out of control grass fire on Church Drive.

The Coram Fire Department responded to a fire in the Dumpsters at the town's green box site.

The Whitefish Fire Department responded to Central Avenue after a car and pedestrian collided, but no one needed medical treatment.