Police Calls: Bear rips up porch seeking garbage

Tuesday, Oct. 8

8:04 a.m. The family of the caller’s ex kept harassing him at work.

2:27 p.m. Windows were broken at a Spokane Avenue home.

Wednesday, Oct. 9

4:11 p.m. A dog named Buster was found.

Thursday, Oct. 10

10:39 a.m. The caller had camera footage of an attempted car break-in on Icehouse Terrace.

7:12 p.m. A mom and her cubs were spotted walking around Hazel Place.

9:38 p.m. The caller’s daughter was worried someone had broken into her apartment.

10:12 p.m. A bear was eating trash on Creekwood Drive.

10:37 p.m. A foreign scammer was extorting a man after he’d been catfished on Facebook.

Friday, Oct. 11

6:39 a.m. A truck that had hit some trees on Highway 93 appeared to have been operated by a drunk driver.

8:56 a.m. A bear had ripped the lattice board’s from the caller’s porch in an attempt to get to some garbage and Baker Avenue.

11:57 a.m. The caller found a diamond earring at a Wisconsin Avenue business.

8:53 p.m. A disorderly man needed to be removed from a grocery store.

9 p.m. The caller’s dog had treed a black bear on Sixth Street.

Saturday, Oct. 12

1:58 a.m. A customer of a downtown bar felt a bouncer was “overusing his power” after he was kicked out of the bar.

3:02 p.m. A lawn chair was missing from a Wisconsin Avenue property.

9:57 p.m. A black bear bluff charged a man before retreating to a tree on Kalispell Avenue.

Sunday, Oct. 13

9:56 a.m. A woman believed the bag of clothes she left in the back of her truck had fallen out somewhere on Montana 40.

Monday, Oct. 14

12:50 p.m. An unoccupied tent was found near Lupfer Avenue.

3:08 p.m. A leaf blower was stolen on State Park Road.

5:21 p.m. A Colorado Avenue property was broken into and a laptop was stolen.

Tuesday, Oct. 15

8:24 a.m. A caller on Texas Avenue wanted to know what to do with a dead deer before the neighborhood bear got to it.

8:30 a.m A purse and other items were stolen after vehicles were broken into overnight on Creekwood Drive.

2:40 p.m. The rear plate of a vehicle was either missing or stolen, the caller reported.

Wednesday, Oct. 16

4:45 p.m. A man believed he left his wallet in the truck he accidentally got into before realizing it wasn’t his.