The Blotter: Sno-Cat bites the bullet

April 6

8:46 a.m. A newly rescued dog bit its owner on Braig Road.

10:31 a.m. A Hungry Horse man spotted fresh tracks in the snow near his house, but was advised to “keep his gun holstered to his hip.”

1:19 p.m. A woman arrived at her Coram home to move out to find a busted window.

4:41 p.m. A Sno-Cat was found burned to the ground on Coal Creek Road near Polebridge.

5:01 p.m. A Columbia Falls woman was wondering if the spray bottle of vodka she was using as disinfectant could get her in trouble.

6:46 p.m. A man tracked his stolen iPhone to a group of kids on Highway 2.

7:53 p.m. A woman believed her landlord broke into her home and sprayed her children with bear spray on Canyon Road.

9:18 p.m. A bar on Highway 206 appeared to be having a party of at least 30 people.

April 7

2:37 a.m. A very drunk man dropped and shattered a wine bottle at a Highway 2 store.

12:26 p.m. A man was lying on the ground and trying to light a stick on fire in Columbia Falls.

12:50 p.m. Another caller asked if the man lying on the bridge was OK. He told the caller he was fine and “just wanted to sleep.”

1:22 p.m. Items had been stolen from a storage unit after an overnight break-in on Ninth Street.

3:38 p.m. A group of Martin City kids were riding up and down Third Avenue on four-wheelers.

3:53 p.m. A Columbia Falls man stole his mom’s car after an argument.

5:37 p.m. A property owner in Coram heard from his tenants that the neighbors were “pumping something” under their house.

6:31 p.m. A dispute between the caller and her daughter ended with a 2x4 to the caller’s head in Hungry Horse.

8:16 p.m. Three people were spotted riding dirt bikes without headlights along Eckelberry Drive.

10:21 p.m. A Hungry Horse homeowner was worried after a mobile home pulled up in front of his property, waited an hour, and left.

April 8

4:39 a.m. A tool shed caught on fire on Mountain Avenue.

8:35 a.m. A Canyon Road family kept receiving threatening text messages.

11:21 a.m. A suspicious driver had circled a 14th Street block a few times and even pulled into the caller’s driveway.

12:36 p.m. A truck was left parked half in the street on Hodgson Road.

2:21 p.m. A woman was trying to drink from a tree on Halfmoon Road.

4:23 p.m. A Hungry Horse woman trying to take a group of eight kids to the park was frustrated with unleashed dogs.

4:58 p.m. A Braig Road caller was frustrated after the person he mailed gold coins to in New York went dark.

5:06 p.m. A Sandbox Lane caller reported their neighbors started a fire that “damn near burned her house down,” though the property damage amounted only to some burnt grass.

5:32 p.m. A Canyon Road caller watched as people stole firewood from their neighbor’s property.

10:32 p.m. Someone broke the windows of a 13th Street caller’s car.

April 9

9:48 a.m. A man was caught shoplifting at a Ninth Street store.

1:27 p.m. A caller spotted two kids that had previously dug holes in a walking path.

6:51 p.m. A caller heard a single gunshot from their 11th Street location.

April 10

1.23 a.m. A caller spotted kids passing what she suspected was a marijuana pipe near Allen Drive.

5:14 a.m. A caller hid in her Mabel Street home after someone broke a window.

10:29 a.m. A man was lying in a ditch near a Highway 2 bar.

11:18 a.m. A caller was requesting a police presence for their Easter Egg hunt.

3:59 p.m. The blanket that served as a man’s only piece of clothing kept slipping off at a Ninth Street laundromat.

1:07 p.m. An elderly man threw his walker at someone on Hidden Meadow Lane.

April 11

12:26 a.m. A man was walking down the middle of Highway 206 and wouldn’t move for cars.

2:42 p.m. A trailer, two lawn mowers and three weed eaters were stolen from a Bills Lane work site.

10:43 p.m. A Hungry Horse caller watched a car drive into a sign on Hungry Horse Boulevard.

April 12

11:08 a.m. A caller found drug paraphernalia while raking on Fifth Street.

1:34 p.m. A naked man was apparently laying near the train statue in Columbia Falls.

1:38 p.m. A chainsaw was stolen from a Martin City property.

6:37 p.m. A caller believed to have found a previously stolen trailer.

7:06 p.m. The caller was frustrated with the lack of social distancing at their neighbor’s house party.

9:21 p.m. A pair of horses appeared in the caller’s backyard on Middle Road.