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Flathead County sheriff

| September 5, 2008 1:00 AM

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies responded to Timber Road, where a man allegedly sprayed his ex-wife's boyfriend with pepper spray. No one required medical attention, but the case reports have been forwarded to the Flathead County Attorney's Office for possible charges.

Deputies also responded to Yodel Dog Peak Road, where a man's daughter and the man's live-in caregiver got into an argument. The pair called a truce for the night.

Someone threw rocks through the window of an excavator parked at a work site three miles north of Columbia Falls.

A truck with lights on top pulled over a car on Wisconsin Avenue, prompting a passing motorist to report the incident as suspicious. Turns out the truck belongs to the chief of the Whitefish Police Department.

A woman on Harbor Drive in Bigfork told deputies her husband assaulted her and then left, but she did not want to press charges.

In what was reported as an ongoing problem, a man and woman fighting on Conrad Drive broke a window. Both participants were gone when deputies arrived.

Two big jars of money were taken from an East Evergreen Drive residence.

A mother came in to the Sheriff's Office to report that an older child was showing her younger child pornography on the Internet.

When a woman suspected of stealing beer from a grocery store on U.S. 2 in Evergreen was confronted, she dropped the libations and ran.

Deputies responded to Martin City and separated a group of drunk people threatening each other.

Prescription medication and a chain saw were stolen from an unlocked car near Olney and tools were stolen from a Big Mountain job site.

Deputies received 170 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Kalispell police

Kalispell police told an elderly woman living in her car near a Heritage Way store to move along or, if she spent another night, receive a citation. The woman allegedly was bothering customers for fuel and jump starts.

Someone busted the window out of a red Subaru parked at Flathead High School.

Officers told a group of kids reportedly smoking cigarettes and acting generally disorderly outside a drapery shop on Fifth Avenue West to move along.

A persona non grata at a restaurant on U.S. 93 North showed up with a friend and tried to steal a traffic cone from the parking lot.

A confused, elderly woman attempting to buy a Cadillac from a dealership on U.S. 93 North was taken to a safe house.

The father of a Liberty Street man's girlfriend showed up at his house and threatened him.

Tires were slashed on a car parked at an Airport Road bar.

Sunglasses and change were stolen from a truck on Fourth Avenue East, a purse was stolen from a car on Claremont Street, and a GPS unit was stolen from a car on Third Avenue East.

Officers received 88 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Whitefish police

Whitefish police responded to a Central Avenue bar and arrested a 22-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman for disorderly conduct.

Officers received 45 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Columbia Falls police

Columbia Falls police responded to reports of a smashed windshield on 10th Street West.

Officers received 47 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Alarms

The Evergreen Fire Department responded to Rose Crossing and spoke with a homeowner who had started a bonfire that neighbors thought might be too close to his shed.

The West Valley Fire Department and Kalispell Fire Department were dispatched to a crash on Two Mile Drive. There were no injuries, except for the deer.

The Coram Fire Department responded to two reports of hit gas lines on U.S. 2 near West Glacier.

The Creston Fire Department responded to Browns Gulch Road, where a tree fell across some power lines.