Tuesday, May 26, 2009

911 calls from 5/18-5/25

Monday, May 18
10:50 a.m. — A man called 911 to report his neighbor for “littering” as the neighbor was hitting golf balls onto his property.

Wednesday, May 20
4:11 p.m. — A female employee at Gambles Hardware called 911 and requested an officer as they had caught two young kids spray painting the side of the building after they had just bought the cans from the store.
5:29 p.m. — A 12-year-old boy was reported driving a green Buick in Pablo with two older males who were HBD (had been drinking) in the backseat. Hey, at least they got a designated driver.

Thursday, May 21
12:48 p.m. — A man called 911 to report that he is driving northbound back through the Highway 93 construction by Arlee and saw a white Mazda pickup with a canopy over it and there is “a bunch people inside trying to get air” who the driver described as “Mexican.” When they attempted to raise the canopy the reporting party said that the driver got angry and banged on the window.
The man found this “suspicious” and was afraid that “they are Mexicans and with swine flu going on he doesn’t want them around.”

Saturday, May 23
6:22 a.m. — A woman advised dispatchers that she was at Kerr Dam Overlook when another woman tried to “run into her with her car.”
1:15 p.m. — A man called 911 and advised that his neighbors are still “shooting golf balls” toward his house.
2:07 p.m. — A woman called 9 and stated that a young man with a gun and red curly hair is “holding them hostage.” She advised that there are 8-9 women there a few older men who can’t “hold their own anymore.”
Upon police follow-up the call was found to just be a dillusional woman at the nursing home.
2:14 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that he had just retrieved a “syringe that still has something in it” from the Ronan park by the “playground equipment.” Ronan officers reported that it looked like “a syringe used for jello shots at the street dance” Friday night.
5:58 p.m. — A gas station clerk called 911 to report that there are five people who are “drunk and harassing her customers.” She advised that a male with a blue shirt just “urinated in the corner of the store” and a heavy set female wearing a black hoody just “took a sandwich.”
The clerk advised that they are now sitting “at the picnic table out back.”
6:06 p.m. — A woman reported to 911 that she just witnessed a black Toyota pickup with a girl wearing a bathing suit and shorts on the hood screaming “Go faster!” headed towards Ferndale Drive from Kelly Drive.
8:28 p.m. — A man called 911 irate that he was “robbed again!” The man advised that “they” took his “light green dog leash” from inside his residence, adding that they did not get his “strawberry or tomato bushes this time” because he just brought them in.
The man said that he went through his residence with a “fine toothed comb” looking for it and can’t find it anywhere.
9:13 p.m. — A woman called 911 and reported that her neighbors have “all packed up and left” and was wondering if there is an “emergency” where she needs to “leave town.” Dispatchers advised her that there was indeed no such emergency evacuation situation she had not heard of.
• 10:10 p.m. — A man was reported to 911 for having been bit on the arm by his girlfriend.

Sunday, May 24
5:12 p.m. — A female gas station clerk in St. Ignatius called 911 and reported that she had just been “locked inside the store” by some unruly customers.
8:18 p.m. — A woman advised that someone had come in her house while she was sleeping and “stole her wedding ring off her finger.” She also told dispatchers a story about growing up and how she “had to bring the cows and horses in while her mother read romance novels.”
The woman said she would like to speak with an officer on this matter “if one is interested.”

Monday, May 25
1:51 p.m. — A call came in over the scanner for an officer caution stating that a man with arrest warrants they were trying to locate “is known to have swords and uses drugs.” And kids that’s why drugs and swords, don’t’ mix.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

911 calls from 5/11-5/17

Monday, May 11
11:30 a.m. — A manager of a Ronan grocery store reported that a shoplifter who stole “plants” from the store yesterday had returned them and he would like to press charges.
12:27 p.m. — A woman reported a teen “who took an attitude with her” who was ditching school in Pablo.
1:39 p.m. — A manager of a Polson grocery store reported that a customer just “dropped two bags of 25 methadone pills” out of their pocket when they were exiting the store.
3:53 p.m. — A woman from Mission called 911 and reported her 15-year-old son “missing” stating that he didn’t come home from school and “she looked everywhere for him.” A Mission police officer on patrol called in that her son was hanging out at the school. So she didn’t exactly look quite “everywhere.”
3:54 p.m. — An assistant manager at Wal-Mart advised dispatchers that they have a “marijuana pipe” that someone turned in after finding it in the “lobby.”
9:35 p.m. — A woman who misdialed 911 said that she dropped her phone breaking it, snapped it back together, and the phone dialed 911 by itself.

Tuesday, May 12
11:02 a.m. — A man reported that he believes his ex-girlfriend stole his hydrocodone and methadone. Did she leave it at the grocery store yesterday per chance?
3:11 p.m. — A woman reported to 911 that a flagger along Highway 93 waved her through without checking traffic and she would have been “t-boned by a truck” if she hadn’t checked first.
5:26 p.m. — A woman reported to 911 an act of vandalism describing some trees and plants she had recently planted had been pulled up by someone.
9:08 p.m. — A Dixon man who turned out to be just “jogging” was called into 911 for a report of “suspicious activity.”
10:20 p.m. — A woman reported to 911 that another woman “covered in weeds” jumped out of the bushes and said she needed to hide as it was a “matter of life and death” as there were two men “in camouflage hunting her.” The disoriented woman ended up being detained by police.

Thursday, May 14
2:48 p.m. — A woman reported that a man, who they had a prior trespassing conflict with, was now “kicking her fence.”
8:08 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that a man at his residence is “trying to kick his ass” and is threatening his mother with a golf club in his hand.
8:17 p.m. — A woman called 911 and requested an officer to her home as there are people “drinking” there and “hiding under beds and in closets.”

Friday, May 15
12:50 p.m. — A man called 911 and requested to speak to an officer about “his pill” that was stolen 30 days ago.
12:58 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that there is a “possible dead body in a plastic bag” at the spillway at Mission Dam. It turned out to be an animal carcass not a human in the bag.
1:40 p.m. — Three bikers were reported making fun of a Polson officer outside the Wolf Den bar dubbing him “Mr. Clean.”

Saturday, May 16
1:46 p.m. — A woman reported to 911 that her neighbor was “passed out” in his car with the music turned up very loud. When her boyfriend told him to turn it down the disgruntled neighbor got upset and started saying he was “going to get his rifle.”
6:27 p.m. — A woman that two people are “high on pot” and headed towards Polson in a black Nissan with “a baby.” When asked how she knew they were high, the reporting party stated “their eyes were all red.”

Sunday, May 17
1 a.m. — A female traffic control employee called 911 to report two teenage males who were moving barrels and pylons on the Polson bridge construction area.
1:43 a.m. — A Polson officer removed a bicycle from the middle of the road on Hillcrest.
4:50 a.m. — A suspicious man was reported “sleeping” in the Ronan Post Office.
11:38 a.m. — A manager at a Polson grocery store reported to 911 that two drunk men were wondering in and out of the store and that one was “covered in blood.” They were picked up for disorderly conduct.
2:23 p.m. — A man in Mission reported to 911 coming across something that looked like a “pipe bomb” in his yard while mowing the lawn. Mission police and the office of emergency management investigated and the device was found to be a bomb and taken to a secure location to await disposal.
8:51 p.m. — A man reported that a dark mini-van has been driving by “flipping off” his 12-year-old daughter.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

911 calls from 5/4-5/10

Monday, May 4
6:36 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that there is a woman in his window “flipping him off.” He advised dispatchers that she has been harassing him all day calling him names, adding that he can’t stand her as she is “always puking on the porch.”
The man went on to explain that she is a “cannibal” as she took “some guy” home from the bar and “he’s never been seen again.”

Tuesday, May 5
12:12 a.m. — A bartender at Pablo Bar requested an officer as she refused an intoxicated male customer a double shot and he “came unglued” before ultimately leaving the establishment.
The bartender advised 911 dispatchers that before he left, the drunk turned and pointed and saying “I leave now, but I will be back.” The bartender apparently took that to be a direct threat and wanted to press charges.
8:43 a.m. — A woman called 911 and reported that she received a number of harassing phone calls in the middle of the night with an odd voice on the other end of the line calling her “sunshine.”

Wednesday, May 6
8:49 a.m. — A woman called 911 and hung up. Upon a return call she said her phone was broke and she couldn’t see the screen as she misdialed “9-1-1.”
12:24 p.m. — A man called 911 and requested to speak an officer regarding his neighbor who is “threatening him while building a fence.” The man advised that the neighbor wasn’t supposed to build a fence without consent from him as they had come to an “agreement” with paperwork to back it up.
The man was advised by dispatchers to “take a seat” while an officer came out to him.
6:37 p.m. — A man called 911 and reported that an intoxicated man fell down in front of his residence and started “rolling around on the ground.”

Thursday, May 7
12:32 p.m. — A man reported to 91 that a grey Mercedes is parked at the bottom of his driveway and that the male driver “looked intelligent” and said he was with the “census.” The reporting party was concerned that the man’s story may not be true and reported that his house had been burglarized over a month ago.
9:27 p.m. — An employee of Harvest Foods in Ronan called 911 and requested an officer to come wait outside as an older male is in the store attempting to steal “a beer” and they would like him picked up when he exits.

Friday, May 8
2:44 a.m. — A man came to the Lake County Jail requesting for a place to stay for the night from officers telling them that he was staying with someone in Polson and it had “gone sour.” When officers asked about who he was staying with he said “it’s all good.” Upon looking up his background officers found that he had an extensive criminal history out of Kentucky, Tennessee, Utah, and Florida.
The man added that he had “a few beers” and “all his belongings were still at the bar”, but said he did not know the bar’s name.
7:16 a.m. — An employee at a local bakery advised dispatchers that there is a guy who just came in that has “some kind of buzz going on.” The woman stated that she would buy an officer a cup of coffee if they would come over and sit for a while.
3:48 p.m. — A man called 911 and requested officers as his 9-year-old granddaughter is being “belligerent and assaulting her sibling.”
7:16 p.m. — A man called 911 and reported that he and a friend were just “chillin” outside of a local pawn shop waiting for a friend when a guy came out threatened to call he cops then returned back outside minutes later with “a crow bar and some type of weapon.”
The reporting party advised that the man later came out again to lock his car doors as if they were trying to steal something. Officers said the incident was a misunderstanding and told the reporting party that the lot was private property and to “skateboard somewhere else.” Ah, yet another case of skateboarder profiling.
8:41 p.m. — A woman reported that two babies were left unattended in a car outside of Safeway. Officers checked it out and reported that the babies were okay.
8:44 p.m. — A 9-year-old boy called 911 and advised that “his baby sitter left him home alone.” You are sooo busted!
9:08 p.m. — An officer spoke to some “young skateboarders” at the corner of 1st Street and 13th and advised them to “use better judgment next time.” That’s a bit of an oxymoron.

Saturday, May 9
1:09 p.m. — A woman reported to 911 that there is a female standing alongside the road “beating on a teen’s head.”
4:08 p.m. — A woman reported to 911 that there is a man with “no clothes on” threatening her and her family.
6:02 p.m. — A man reported to 911 a complaint against his neighbor who has been driving his motorcycle back and forth down the street. The man stated the bike must not have a muffler with how loud it is, adding that “it’s so loud you can’t even think.”
8:43 p.m. — An officer received a report that some intoxicated people were hanging out in front of the “police station.” Two officers headed that way.

Sunday, May 10
9:18 p.m. — An employee at Joe’s Jiffy called 911 and requested an officer as a drunk man just came in and “broke the gumball machine.”

Thursday, May 7, 2009

911 calls from 4/27-5/3

Monday, April 27
9:40 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that he had just “hit a cow” on Reservoir Road just east of Back Road, adding that he couldn’t “find the cow he hit.”

Thursday, April 30
10:42 a.m. — A man called 911 to report that his neighbors keep “throwing trash in yard.”
4:02 p.m. — A man was picked up on a $50,000 warrant in Ronan for “stalking.”
6:30 p.m. — A man reported to 911 that he has had some problems with his son and now has found “a booby trap in his garage.”

Friday, May 1
11:29 a.m. — A man reported finding someone “sleeping in his yard” on 5th Avenue.
3:35 p.m. — A woman called 911 and reported that her “eight-year-old son” is “throwing rocks at her”, adding that the rocks “keep getting bigger” in size.
11:03 p.m. — A Polson grocery store manager advised 911 dispatchers that two intoxicated people are hanging out in the parking lot and may have stolen some beer describing one as having an “oriental type mustache” with long hair, and the other man was carrying a backpack. The two men were not on scene when police arrived.

Saturday, May 2
1:08 a.m. — The same store manager called back and advised that the possible shoplifters are back outside the store and have “used the shrubs earlier for the bathroom.”
3:36 p.m. — Area emergency and fire personnel responded to a report of a tipped over sailboat near Dayton and a missing person. The person turned out to have left the scene before the agencies’ arrivals.

Sunday, May 3
4:37 a.m. — A woman reported a possible threat to 911 after she fought her ex-boyfriend off with an ice scraper.