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Flathead County sheriff

| February 19, 2009 1:00 AM

A West Springcreek Road resident called Flathead County sheriff's deputies at about 2 a.m. Wednesday to complain about a helicopter that flew over his home three times. The resident wanted the pilot ticketed for disorderly conduct. He was referred to the FAA.

A group of teens were spotted on ice floes in the Swan River near Bigfork. The stunt reportedly was part of a game and the youths, who didn't need rescuing, were gone when authorities arrived.

A boy incarcerated at the county's juvenile detention center allegedly scratched some marks into the paint on a table, prompting a criminal-mischief complaint.

Deputies were called to check on an intoxicated pedestrian walking down U.S. 2 in Evergreen. He was gone when deputies arrived.

A woman on Boone Road allegedly told an out-of-town process server who was delivering papers that someone was going to shoot him. He retreated. Deputies are investigating.

Drivers on Montana 35 reported seeing a passenger car with a man and woman inside stop in the middle of the highway, then the woman's head being slammed into the dashboard. Responding deputies were unable to find anything amiss.

Someone stole a tire from a shed on Rose Crossing.

Deputies received two calls, made about eight hours apart, about a possibly intoxicated man on a four-wheeler trespassing on property in Lakeside. Deputies located the man on the second call and counseled the parties involved.

Teenagers near the intersection of U.S. 93 and West Reserve Drive were jumping out into traffic. Authorities received two calls about the miscreants, who were gone when deputies arrived.

Deputies arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of violating a restraining order. He allegedly showed up at his wife's Birch Drive home, hid under a blanket on her porch, and then got into an altercation with her.

Alcohol reportedly was stolen from a club on Big Mountain.

Deputies received 145 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Kalispell police

A Hilltop Avenue woman told Kalispell police her estranged husband had removed appliances from her residence, against a court order.

Officers responded to Farview Drive after a man allegedly choked his girlfriend, then attempted to leave with her baby. He was arrested on suspicion of partner assault.

Money and possibly other belongings were taken from a home and shed on Fourth Avenue West North. Items also were reported missing from a residence on Second Avenue West.

A door was dinged last month on U.S. 93 South, and now the person responsible allegedly refuses to pay for it. The matter was referred to small claims court.

Dispatchers heard a woman screaming on the other end of a call from a Second Street West residence, then the line went dead. Officers responded and separated two people arguing. In an unrelated call, officers separated a man and woman arguing on Eighth Avenue West.

Paintballs were shot at a building on U.S. 93 South. A vehicle on Fourth Avenue West was covered in Silly String.

A Northern Lights Boulevard man returned home to find two men trying to break through his front door with a crowbar. They took off in a white pickup.

Officers received 63 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Whitefish police

Whitefish police responded to the intersection of U.S. 93 and Montana 40 after receiving reports that a man may have been hit by a car. He hadn't. Ambulances responded and transported the man, who actually had suffered a stroke, to the hospital.

An assault was reported in the parking lot at Whitefish High School. Officers arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of disorderly conduct.

Officers received 32 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Columbia Falls police

Columbia Falls police arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of possession of alcohol at a park on U.S. 2.

A fight was reported at Columbia Falls High School. An iPod was reported stolen from the same location.

Officers received 25 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Alarms

Three Rivers EMS and the Canyon Quick Response Unit were paged to a residence in Hungry Horse after a man using marijuana for the first time reported being dizzy and light-headed. He was not taken to the hospital.

The Kalispell Fire Department was dispatched to Reserve Loop after a car ran off the road.

Whitefish Ambulance responded to Second Street East to treat a patient with a broken wrist.