Police report: Harassments made over supposedly-owed yard sale money

The Lovell Police Department received the following calls for the week of May 26-June 1:

May 26: 11:02 a.m. – A resident called the police station saying that a neighbor was blowing grass onto the street. Contact was made with the individual, and they took care of the situation.

7:56 p.m. – A caller claimed that loud rap music had been playing for over an hour on Big Horn Avenue. The officer spoke to the individual and advised them to turn it down. The individual complied and said that they knew it had not been playing that long.

8:49 p.m. – There was a group text thread between some high school kids that led to two of the individuals having private messages between one another that led to one of the individuals believing the other was going to hurt themselves. The concerned individual took screenshots of the conversations and reported it to the officer. Everything checked out OK, and the young person left the group thread.

May 27: 2:27 p.m. – A caller reported someone hitting golf balls at their house on West Tenth Street. They noticed several nice golf balls throughout the backyard, and one had struck the roof of the house. The officer questioned residents in the area, and it is undetermined where they were coming from.

May 28: 10:48 a.m. – An individual called CARES and spoke to an officer about a domestic dispute. The altercation was only verbal, and they wanted past incidents reviewed. The individual offered to have cell phones turned over to police to view videos on the phones. The investigation is ongoing.

12:11 p.m. – A caller on Washington Avenue reported that someone had dumped garbage into the backyard. The officer recorded the information on file.

12:28 p.m. – A call came in that there was an unattended child crying in a vehicle parked at a local store. The officer responded immediately, and upon arrival, the vehicle was pulling out of the parking lot. The caller and officer agreed that the child would have been alone for less than five minutes, the windows of the car were down and it was on a cool day. No contact with the vehicle was needed.

May 29: 12:20 p.m. – A female came into the police department wanting to file harassment against a male that keeps coming to her house over money that he believes is owed to him from a yard sale. The male was not in Lovell, and a call to the police department in Greybull was made to contact him.

11:47 p.m. – A citizen came into the police department asking to speak to an officer. The officer spoke to the citizen until they were satisfied, and it was determined that the individual just wanted someone to talk to.

May 30: 10:24 a.m. – A female called the police department that her vehicle had been involved in a hit-and-run on Main Street while she was at the chiropractor’s office. The individual that hit the vehicle left their information but needed to hurry to an appointment elsewhere. The woman reported the wreck, and officers called the individual who hit the car, and he gave all his information and insurance company, just as he should have in the situation.

12:49 p.m. – A caller reported that there has been an 18-wheeler parked on his property on West Second Street for more than six months. The officer contacted the owner and arranged to have the truck removed.

3:15 p.m. – Two male individuals suspiciously entered the Lovell-Kane Area Museum and behaved in a manner that worried the female employee. The officer came and reviewed video footage and gathered information if the individuals return.

May 31: 11:52 p.m. – There was a report that a female was walking down the middle of Main Street, and the caller was concerned that she would get hit by a car. When the officer located the woman across from the car wash, she was walking safely down the sidewalk, and when the officer began speaking to the woman, a car pulled up beside them to pick her up.

June 1: 10:27 a.m. – A caller reported that a terrible smell was coming from a neighboring house on East Eighth Street and was concerned it was coming from a dead animal. The officer performed an animal welfare check at the residence. The animals were OK, and the officer advised the owners to address the smell.

Notes: The Lovell Police Department received four separate calls about barking dogs at multiple locations throughout the week.

Note: The above calls were received by the Lovell Police Department. Persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and charges made upon initial arrest may be amended or dismissed as determined by the County Attorney.