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Activity Report for December 11 through December 18, 2025

December 29, 2025 by
Activity Report for December 11 through December 18, 2025
Jerry Lytle

December 11, 2025

2:13pm          911 received requesting an ambulance for a female having chest pain and shortness of breath at a Kid Curry Road residence; local EMT Crew responded; second 911 reported a personal vehicle transport to meet the ambulance; patient transported to the PC Hospital. 

2:56pm          State Farm Agent requested assistance for a customer broke down on Hwy 2, east of Malta; Undersheriff responded; vehicle later located and was blocking the driving lane; local towing company responded and removed the vehicle. 

6:05pm          Ft Belknap LE requested PCSO assistance with a possibly missing person who may be around south Phillips Co or the Dodson area; Deputy responded; male not located in Phillips County; Ft Belknap LE advised male had been located the following day and was okay.

 

December 12, 2025

            9:09am          Male reported a debit card scam.

 

We have been receiving calls, and individuals have been coming in to report telephone calls, text messages, emails and social media contacts, with people asking for personal information, bank account information and needing to send money or gift cards to relatives, calls reporting fraudulent activity on an account or card or reporting accidents. Along with individuals receiving checks for large amounts of money. 

These are scams, if it seems suspicious DO NOT GIVE any information to the caller. Ask for a call back phone number and call them back to see if it is who they are claiming to be or simply HANG UP

If you don’t recognize the phone number on the caller ID, don’t answer it.  If it is a person who truly needed to contact you, they will leave a message. If you don’t know the sender of the check, do not cash it. 

The IRS and the Federal Justice System do not contact people via telephone.

 

Always remember the key things regarding scams:

1.    If you didn't enter, you didn't win

2.    If you have to pay to receive your prize, you didn’t win.

3.    If you have a lawsuit or other legal issues pending you will get notification via certified mail or served to you by an official, whether it is a law enforcement officer or a civil process server

 

If you feel you have been a victim of a scam, please follow the link below to the Office of Consumer Protection.  https://dojmt.gov/consumer/consumer-complaints/ or call the Montana State Legislature Fraud Hotline: 1-800-222-4446. 

You can also call the National Do Not Call Registry phone number, 1-888-382-1222, to have your phone number removed from solicitors.  Call this number from EACH phone number you want removed, cell or landline. 

For emails, there is an option at the top of your email screen to report emails and block the sender’s email.  This will help with receiving less of these types of emails.

 

12:09pm        Female requested assistance with getting unstuck from the Underpass; MT Dept of Transportation sand truck arrived just after the call was received and the vehicle got out. 

4:38pm          Undersheriff released one adult female, Lisa Score, from PCSO Jail on bond. 

10:30pm        911 received requesting law enforcement for a domestic situation at Cedarview; Deputies responded; case file started. 

10:39pm        Deputy requested medical assistance for a victim in the domestic situation; local EMT Crew responded; two patients transported to the PC Hospital. 

11:04pm        Deputy transported one adult male, Elijah Blackcrow, to PCSO to be incarcerated in PCSO Jail on Assault with a Weapon-Felony and Aggravated Burglary-Felony charges.

 

December 13, 2025

12:09am        Deputy requested an ambulance for a male inmate; local EMT Crew handled. 

2:06am          USA Central reported a commercial fire alarm sounding at a local business; Deputy responded; all found to be okay and no fire or smoke. 

3:51pm          Male reported a Hit & Run to his vehicle; Undersheriff responded; case file started.

 

December 14, 2025

3:13pm          Females requested law enforcement assistance with a possible Protection Order Violation; Deputy responded; case file started. 

3:16pm          Female reported threats received to a family member at Cedarview; Sheriff and Deputy responded; situation handled without further incident. 

4:39pm          Female requested an ambulance for a female at a local restaurant; local EMT Crew responded; patient transported to the PC Hospital. 

5:47pm          Female reported a male took off her front door at Cedarview; Deputies responded; male suspect located and detained for questioning; case file started. 

8:33pm          Deputy reported an incident involving a juvenile at a Malta residence; information passed onto Centralized Intake; case file started.

 

December 15, 2025

2:09am          Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.

2:27am          Deputy performed security checks in the Malta area. 

9:15am          Ambulance requested for a male needing to be transported to the PC Hospital; local EMT Crew handled.

10:12am        Motor Carrier Services Officers reported a vehicle slide off,

west of Saco, on Hwy 2; driver advised he had help on the way and was just waiting.

12:38pm        Female reported a scam. 

12:45pm        Male reported a vehicle on its side in the ditch on the South Wagner Loop; caller did not know if anyone was there; Sheriff, Malta FD and Ambulance responded; case file started. 

4:54pm          PC Hospital requested a welfare check on an employee who did not show up for work; Deputy responded; female located, was okay and would call work. 

6:05pm          Female reported a male and a dog in a pickup in the ditch on Short Oil Road; Deputy responded; case file started. 

6:17pm          Deputy transported one adult male, Scott Waters, to PCSO to be incarcerated in PCSO Jail on Aggravated DUI-1st charges.

6:36pm          Female reported a personal vehicle transport to Bohemian Corner of an individual bleeding from a surgical wound and wanted an ambulance to meet them; information passed onto Fergus Co SO. 

6:39pm          Female requested law enforcement for a female “being all crazy” at a residence on Kid Curry Rd; Deputy handled. 

7:42pm          Deputy released one adult male, Scott Waters, from PCSO Jail on bond.

 

December 16, 2025

2:01am          Interstate Alarm Company reported a commercial burglar alarm sounding at a local business; Deputy and business manager responded; all found to be okay. 

7:40am          Male reported a family member had passed away; Sheriff responded; coroner case file started. 

7:58am          911 received requesting an ambulance for a male who was dizzy and out of it, could not speak, at a Malta residence; local EMT Crew responded; patient transported to the PC Hospital. 

10:57am        PC Hospital requested an ambulance for a flight crew pick up; local EMT Crew handled. 

11:02am        Male requested law enforcement assistance with having neighbors move their vehicles from an alleyway in Dodson; Deputy handled. 

11:30am        Male reported a fender/bender, no injuries, near the Dodson School; Sheriff responded; white form issued. 

11:37am        911 received reporting a one vehicle accident on Hwy 208, between Whitewater and Hwy 191 north; Sheriff, MHP Trooper, Malta FD and EMT Crew responded; patient transported to the PC Hospital; MHP handled the crash. 

11:52am        MT Dept of Transportation advised of the extremely icy Hwy 208 and would send a truck out to sand and plow. 

4:51pm          911 received requesting medical assistance for a female who fell at a Malta residence; Deputy and local EMT Crew responded; patient transported to the PC Hospital. 

4:56pm          PC Hospital requested an ambulance for a flight crew pick up; local EMT Crew handled. 

5:03pm          Male requested law enforcement to remove a vehicle from his driveway; Deputy handled. 

5:59pm          Malta School employee reported a counterfeit $100 bill used at MHS; Deputy responded and took the bill. 

8:14pm          Ft Belknap LE received a report of an erratic vehicle heading eastbound on Hwy 2; Deputy responded; vehicle not located. 

9:26pm          Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.

9:41pm          Deputy performed security checks in the Malta area.

 

December 17, 2025

5:58am          Mountain Alarm reported a commercial burglar alarm sounding at a Malta business; all found to be okay and no one around the area. 

8:38am          Ft Belknap LE requested PCSO assistance with locating individuals stuck in a vehicle between Landusky and the Plunge; occupants also included a juvenile; Deputy, Phillips Co DES Coordinator and Ft Belknap LE responded; individuals located and needed medical evaluation; individuals refused medical and were transported by Ft Belknap LE to their residences. 

12:32pm        Several calls received reporting power outages all over Malta; information passed onto NorthWestern Energy.

 

Please remember to make sure you have battery operated back-up systems if you require oxygen.  We do not know how long power outages will last most of the time. It is better to be safe and not need it then need it and not have it. 

 

12:53pm        911 received reporting a shed blowing away from Malta Headstart and concern it may get onto Central Ave; Deputies responded; shed located stuck on old vehicles and wasn’t going anywhere. 

12:56pm        BNSF Police reported a crossing arm malfunction at the Larb Creek crossing and a maintainer was enroute. 

1:04pm          Deputies reported a downed tree blocking a residential street; Malta City handled. 

1:05pm          Female reported a downed power line across her shed and into the alley; Deputies responded; found to be a cable or a phone line. 

1:35pm          Male reported a female trying to poison him in his bong; Deputy handled. 

1:56pm          Female reported a dumpster in the Underpass; Malta City handled. 

3:16pm          Deputies transported one adult male, Elijah Black Crow, from PCSO Jail to Valley Co Detention Center to serve time. 

4:52pm          911s received reporting a downed power line arcing and sparking near the KRM on Hwy 191 south; Big Flat Electric handled. 

5:09pm          911 received reporting a downed tree across Central between 7th and 8th St; Malta City and MT Dept of Transportation employees handled. 

4:03pm          Male requested Deputies be advised of an individual who had been advised to not trespass on his residence in Dodson; information passed onto Deputies. 

6:07pm          911 received reporting a vehicle pulled over on Hwy 2, east of Malta; caller was panicked and concerned his vehicle was going to blow over; caller later reported he was okay and would wait for the storm to pass. 

6:11pm          911 received reporting a vehicle with a door frozen open on Hwy 2, east of the Sleeping Buffalo; Deputies responded; male located and taken to the Sleeping Buffalo to wait out the storm. 

6:14pm          911 received reporting a snapped power pole at a residence east of Malta; information passed onto NorthWestern Energy. 

6:19pm          Female reported Hwy 191 north of Malta was in blizzard conditions and several vehicles were stranded; caller also advised help was coming for all of the vehicles. 

6:33pm          Deputy requested Hwy 2 east be shut down due to zero visibility; information passed onto MT Dept of Transportation. 

6:40pm          Deputy reported finding another vehicle in the ditch on Hwy 2; driver also taken to the Sleeping Buffalo to wait out the storm. 

7:57pm          Deputy attempted to assist getting a vehicle back to Malta on Hwy 2, from east of Malta, and the driver drove into a field; driver given a ride to a Malta business for the night. 

8:12pm          Deputy received a report of a vehicle stuck on Old Hwy 2, east of Malta; driver located and taken to his residence. 

8:48pm          MT Dept of Transportation advised Hwy 2 is closed from Malta to Wolf Point, along with Hwy 13 from Wolf Point to Circle. 

9:39pm          Male reported the roof has blown off of part of the MOI building; Deputy responded; ceiling was still intake, just the roof was off; information passed onto MOI employee. 

10:43pm        Male reported all stranded motorists on Hwy 191 north were out and safely to their residences; one disabled vehicle still on Hwy 191 and would be removed the next day. 

11:14pm        Deputy received a report of a vehicle stuck on Hwy 2, west of Malta; vehicle not located; vehicle later reported as had been pulled out by a passerby. 

11:51pm        Deputy located a semi-truck and trailer on Hwy 2, west of Malta; driver advised to continue to Malta as the weather was finally breaking.


December 18, 2025

12:03am        Deputies performed a welfare check on a vehicle alongside of Hwy 2, east of Malta; driver advised he was okay and would wait out the storm there. 

12:46am        Female reported being out of power for an extended amount of time and her residence, northeast of Malta, was getting cold; information passed onto NorthWestern Energy. 

6:41am          Male reported a plow had hit a parked vehicle while plowing a business parking lot earlier this morning; Undersheriff handled. 

7:07am          Male reported a tanker truck in the ditch, west of Saco, on Hwy 2; Undersheriff responded; driver found to be okay, was warm and had a heavy wrecker coming. 

7:58am          Undersheriff performed a welfare check on a vehicle in the ditch, east of Malta; vehicle was unoccupied and marked that it had been checked. 

8:10am          Undersheriff performed a welfare check on a vehicle in the ditch, east of Malta; vehicle was unoccupied and marked that it had been checked. 

8:15am          Undersheriff performed a welfare check on a vehicle in the ditch, east of Malta; vehicle was unoccupied and marked that it had been checked. 

8:43am          NorthWestern Energy reported receiving a call about a downed line across a vehicle in a Malta residential neighborhood; Undersheriff and Malta FD responded; found to be a light pole and was cleaned up by a local electrical business. 

8:45am          Undersheriff performed building and residential security checks in the Saco area. 

9:36am          NorthWestern Energy received a report of a downed power line at a residence west of Malta; no fire or law enforcement needed, just wanted to report it. 

9:55am          Local business requested law enforcement assistance with a suspicious situation involving a female with possible medical issues at a local motel; Undersheriff responded; female not located. 

10:34am        Undersheriff and Deputy performed a welfare check on a vehicle off of Hwy 191 north, near the Whitewater turnoff; vehicle found to be unoccupied and off of the roadway. 

11:00am        Loring FD responded to the Loring Colony for a transformer fire; Big Flat Electric was also responded; fire later contained.

 

Activity Report for December 11 through December 18, 2025
Jerry Lytle December 29, 2025
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