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Police reports

MAN PULLS GUN

Two women called police at 10 p.m. Monday after a man wielding a pistol at the base of Big Butte told the women to go away. Police said when they found the man near a vehicle, he pulled a .45-caliber pistol from the car and chambered a round. Police told the man to drop the gun , and he told them to leave. The man dropped the gun and was arrested by police for assaulting a police officer, a felony. Police said the man, Brent McMillan, 32, was despondent.

STOLEN CHECK FOUND

Police arrested a man on the first block of LaPlatte Street at 6 p.m. Monday after reports he threatened another man with a gun. Police determined the gun was a BB gun and that Jeremiah Smith, 26, the owner, had not threatened anyone with it. While getting out of his vehicle, police said Smith stuck something down his pants and attempted to flee. Smith was arrested and during a search at the jail was found with meth and a stolen check related to an Anaconda Police Department case. Smith is charged with obstructing police, resisting arrest, possessing stolen property, and felony drug possession.

ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER

A witness reported the license plate number and description of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run on Highway 2 and Albany Street at 8:30 p.m. Monday night. Police arrived at the address the car was registered with at Porter Street by owner Jason Mapes, 39, Butte. Mapes denied being involved in an accident, but police said his car, a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am, had the right plates, matched the description of the involved vehicle, and was obviously damaged. Police said Mapes seemed drunk and attempted to flee before being arrested. Mapes refused a Breathalyzer test at the jail and was booked for DUI refusal, hit-and-run, resisting arrest, and reckless driving.

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