Thursday 12/24
11:08 a.m. A woman on Bierney Creek Road reports that her husband violated his restraining order and threatened her over the phone.
11:17 a.m. A potential intruder left marks on a door in Lakeside but did not gain entry into the home.
12:23 p.m. Someone called to report that a transient might be living in a vacant building on East Idaho Street. No one was inside when authorities arrived.
1:22 p.m. A transient refused to leave a business on Sleepy Hollow Road but was gone by the time a deputy arrived.
1:58 p.m. Three juvenile females attempted to shoplift cosmetics from an Evergreen box store.
2:39 p.m. A transient was seen digging through a dumpster at a local casino but fled when the reporting party approached.
2:49 p.m. One dog attacked another on Quail Court. The victim had to go through surgery to mend his wounds.
3:44 p.m. A black and white cow escaped its fence and wandered about near Highway 2. The creature’s owner took it home.
3:48 p.m. Someone stole fertilizer from a local nursery.
4:27 p.m. A resident of Trumbull Canyon Road in Columbia Falls was displeased to find that someone had blocked the driveway with their vehicle. The reporting party later called back to cancel the call.
6:23 p.m. A car caught fire but was extinguished by the local fire department.
7:01 p.m. A 68-year-old female was late in coming home from a shopping trip. The woman was located and is completely fine.
7:18 p.m. Someone at a local propane vendor was soaked when the sprinkler system went off. There was no fire on the premises.
12:18 a.m. A man and his girlfriend engaged in a physical altercation in Lakeside. The male subject was taken to jail.
12:46 a.m. A suspicious vehicle on Buckboard Lane was gone when authorities arrived.
2:06 a.m. An unwanted intoxicated transient pounded on the door of an apartment on Highway 35. Authorities encouraged him to move along.