Thursday, October 10, 2002
From the Bozeman Daily Chronicle...
* The driver of a truck was arrested on multiple charges at 1:31 a.m. Sunday near Three Forks after he reportedly drove his truck into a ditch, “borrowed” a rancher’s tractor to get it out, got the tractor stuck, then went to the rancher’s house and asked for a ride.
* A 26-year-old man was arrested and cited for assault on a peace officer at 5:29 a.m. Saturday after officers responded to a report of man with a sword in the 500 block of North 19th Avenue. The man reportedly advanced on the officers in a threatening manner.
* A man on Gallatin Road called at 4:18 p.m. Friday to report that his neighbor’s rabbits continually ran at large, damaging his property.
* At midnight Friday an officer thought he saw a man leaving a party with a beer in his pocket. When confronted by the officer, the man produced a Tupperware container with marijuana and a pipe inside. The man was cited and released because the jail was full.
* At 1:45 a.m. Friday, a man walked into a gas station on the 700 block of West College Street and told the attendant to call the police because he was going to steal some beer. The man stole the beer and the attendant called the police. Montana State University police found the man a few minutes later, a block away. He was cited for theft, and released.
* Some kids reportedly tied a string to a purse, hid in the bushes and pulled the purse away when passers-by stopped to pick it up Wednesday evening.
* A caller near the intersection of Valley Grove Drive and Vigilante Trail reported an abandoned rabbit Thursday morning. An investigation revealed that the rabbit was not abandoned, and was in a fenced yard with plenty of grass, water and shelter.
* A man on East Main Street reported at 10:37 p.m. Saturday that a police officer had stolen his ID. He then found his ID on the ground.
* A 28-year-old man was arrested for drunken driving, his second offense, driving with a suspended license, leaving the scene of an accident and no insurance after he allegedly crashed into a building on East Main Street and then walked away. The K-9 dog Shep tracked the man, who was held on $1,420 bond.
* A woman said while she was dancing with an unknown man at 1:39 a.m. Thursday in the 500 block of West Aspen Street he reached into her pocket and stole $20 from her.
* A man reported at 3:51 p.m. Saturday that he’d found his car that was stolen more than two months ago. The car’s battery was dead, but it was otherwise fine.
* A man reported at 6:07 p.m. Saturday that he was trapped with his wife and four children in an RV lot on Huffine Lane. A cleaning person showed up and let them out.
