Law enforcement reports, Nov. 2 - Nov. 3, 2015

From the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

Compiled by 

CLANCY CRISMORE

The Western News

Nov. 2

• A caller on Park Street asked the Sheriff’s Office to check on a neighbor who had not been seen in days.

• Sheriff’s deputies brought a man in for detention at the jail.

• A caller on Louisiana Avenue reported receiving scam calls from someone claiming to be from the IRS.

• A probation officer called for a welfare check on a subject.

• A caller on Highway 2 hit a deer and called to request info on salvage. Montana Highway Patrol gave the caller the Fish, Wildlife & Parks website and the local warden’s phone number.

• A Libby area caller read about a found ring in the newspaper and wondered about it being one she lost in late September or early October.

• A caller on Idaho Avenue reported someone trying to come in the back door. Police responded, but found no evidence of attempted entry.

Nov. 3

• A patient transported to a local hospital requested someone to check on his wife on Highway 2 in the morning. Sheriff’s deputies checked on the patient’s wife and found her doing OK.

• A caller on Chase Cutoff Road sold an item on Craigslist and received a check from the buyer, but the check was no good.

• A caller on Forest Avenue reported a broken vehicle window. The caller was not sure if anything was missing. The Sheriff’s Office took the report, but the caller found that nothing was taken.

• The principal of a local school requested a drug hit with a dog. Police took a man back to his home.

• A caller on Lolo Avenue reported items stolen from their garage in mid-July.

• A caller on McGinnis Meadows Ranch Road wanted to speak to an officer regarding someone putting up gates on his property, cutting off water to his cows.

• A probation officer reported two Fjord horses tied up on East 2nd Street with no food or water and asked for it to be checked. The woman who rode the horses from coast to coast checked out.

• A Troy officer reported a woman calling in a man wearing a gray sweatshirt and jeans walking on the cement barriers along Highway 2, heading toward Libby from about a mile east of Troy.

• Police cited a vehicle on Mineral Avenue for parking the wrong way along the street in front of a local business.

• A 911 caller on Norman Ave requested a wrecker. The caller tried to back the vehicle closer to the front door, but got hung up on a rock, pinching his oxygen hose off. The caller refused an ambulance. Officers dislodged the caller’s vehicle and ensured the caller’s welfare.

• Sheriff’s deputies responded to a caller on Waterfront Road, asking for a welfare check on their neighbor. Officers found the garage door open with a car and a boat inside. Officers checked the place but found the door locked and nothing out of place.

• Multiple 911 callers reported a head-on collision on Highway 2. The police and Sheriff’s deputies responded, along with Libby Volunteer Ambulance and Libby Volunteer Fire. Authorities erected a road block and got the drivers away from their vehicles.

• A caller on Highway 2 reported a dead deer in the middle of the highway. An officer of the Sheriff’s Office removed the deer from the road.