More than a dozen people called 911 in response to the contr
olled burns on the National Elk Refuge in the past week. While the smoke was visible for miles, the fires were intentionally set and monitored by National Park Service firefighters to reduce available fuels ahead of the dry summer season.
A worker at Mikeâs Body Shop called police April 21 to report a customer who drove off without paying a $2,211 repair bill. The repair shop made repeated calls to the 66-year-old Oregon man, but he never returned their calls, according to Jackson Police Sgt. Russ Ruschill. The man reportedly told the repair shop he needed to take the car to another shop.
Someone called police around 9 p.m. Thursday because a drunk man followed them home and wouldnât leave. Officers told the man to leave, and he did. But he returned about five minutes later because he forgot his cellphone there, according to Jackson police Sgt. Tony Matthews. They helped the man retrieve his phone and called him a cab, but then he became angry, reports stated. The 31-year-old called the taxi driver a âpunk ass b â and wanted to fight him, Matthews said. âHe took his jacket off and threw it on the ground,â Matthews said. âLetâs scrap, dog,â the man reportedly told the cab driver. The Utah man was arrested for trespassing, criminal provocation and public intoxication. He admitted to drinking whiskey before the incident.
Over the weekend a tourist left a handgun by the Taggart Lake trail in Grand Teton National Park. The man had a concealed carry permit from Utah but was cited for disorderly conduct and creating a hazardous condition. Just after noon Saturday someone found the gun and took it to park volunteers at the nearby trailhead, who called dispatch. The gun owner reported the gun missing about an hour later, according to Grand Teton National Park spokesman C.J. Adams. The gun slipped out of the manâs backpack when he was changing layers, Adams said.
A Jackson man was arrested for felony possession and driving under the influence of a controlled substance after an April 8 speed stop. The 29-year-old was reportedly accelerating and passing people on Broadway and speeding 36 in a 25 mph zone as he reached Town Square. When officers approached they could smell marijuana coming from the car, Jackson Police Sgt. Russ Ruschill said. The man admitted to smoking half an hour before driving, and h
A 44-year-old Massachusetts woman was cited when she tried to board a flight with a marijuana cigarette in her carry-on bag. It was detected and confiscated when she went through TSA.
A Jackson man, 32, was arrested for public intoxication last week when someone called 911 because he was sitting on their porch and yelling.
Police intervened at Jackson Hole Airport last week when a flight crew reported two men who wouldnât comply with mask orders. The men were asked more than seven times to wear masks while on the plane, a flight attendant told police. The men also âflat out ignoredâ directions to sit down while the plane was still moving, the flight crew said. The Jackson Police Department cited both men, a 23-year-old from California and a 27-year-old from Florida, for interference with a flight crew. Itâs unknown if they knew each other or were traveling together.
A drunk man was arrested Saturday after he reportedly walked into the wrong apartment just before 5 a.m., Jackson Police Sgt. Russ Ruschill said. Officers found the man walking down