Last week, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who drove nearly 100 mph near Silverthorne, investigated an allegedly vandalized snowmobile and helped climbers with altitude sickness get to safety.

The following incidents occurred between Monday, May 11, and Sunday, May 17.

When a woman returned to her home in unincorporated Silverthorne on May 11, she found that a door she expected to be unlocked was locked and her washing machine was unexpectedly running. She waited with her dog for a deputy to arrive, and they cleared the residence, finding no signs of forced entry or burglary. The deputy found nothing criminal or suspicious.

In unincorporated Breckenridge on May 11, a resident saw a man with a rifle approach a bear that was rummaging through a trash can. The resident did not see the man aim the gun at the bear or hear him fire any shots. Deputies conducted a search of the area, finding overturned trash cans but not the bear or the man with the rifle.

A resident in unincorporated Breckenridge reported May 11 that she suspected her neighbor, with whom she had a years-long ongoing dispute, had been shooting her dogs with an airsoft gun when they barked. She did not have concrete evidence but had found pellets in her backyard. Animal control officers confirmed it would be illegal for her neighbor to shoot her dogs and suggested she install a privacy fence to help reduce the barking. The woman decided to handle the situation on her own and asked officers not to take any action against her neighbor.

Also on May 11, a deputy on patrol north of Silverthorne saw an Audi driving fast and passing multiple vehicles at once. Radar showed the vehicle was going 98 mph in a 55 mph zone, so the deputy initiated a traffic stop and placed the driver under arrest on charges for speeding, reckless driving and endangerment.

At the division of motor vehicles office May 12, a man became “irate and belligerent” when his appointment was not on time. He caused a scene, was verbally disruptive and bothered other people enough to cause them to leave. Deputies responded and trespassed the man for the day. Staff scheduled  a new appointment for him, and he apologized for his behavior.

Trying to save a spot in an Arapahoe Basin Ski Area parking lot May 12 went poorly for a woman when another driver tried to take the spot and refused to leave when she told them her husband would be arriving soon. The driver yelled at the woman to move. Deputies investigated and determined that no threats were made and that the vehicle did not strike the woman, concluding it was just a verbal disagreement.

Animal control officers received a call May 13 from a resident of unincorporated Breckenridge reporting that a large husky-type dog broke through his screen door while chasing his cats. The cats were not harmed, and the resident got the dog out of his house, but he reported that the dog was still on the loose and he wanted its owner to pay for the damages it caused to his property. Officers located the dog’s owner and told them about the situation, and the owner agreed to pay for the door repairs.

Also May 13, animal control officers responded to a report of a loose cat from a woman in Dillon Valley. She reported that the possibly stray and feral cat was unfriendly, hissing and swatting at people as they walked by. Officers responded and used wet food to coax the cat into a carrier. They took it to the county animal shelter, scanned it for a microchip, found the owner’s information and returned the cat to them.

Neighbors in unincorporated Silverthorne had an escalation in their ongoing property dispute May 16 when one neighbor removed survey markers and tossed them onto the lawn. They called a deputy to mediate the situation, and the deputy warned the neighbor who removed the markers about his actions, advising that he could hire his own surveyor if he disagreed with the property line laid out by a surveyor the other neighbor had hired. The deputy found no criminal activity.

Three climbers, about two-thirds of the way up Quandary Peak, called for help May 16 when one of them fell ill. Deputies, Summit County Rescue Group members, and paramedics from the Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District responded and found that all three climbers, who had come from sea level, had symptoms of altitude sickness. The responders safely assisted all the climbers down the mountain, but they chose not to be transported by ambulance for further medical care.

A Montezuma resident reported vandalism to her snowmobile May 16 after finding the seat torn up and the steering wheel wiring frayed. Deputies investigated, determined the snowmobile was likely damaged by a mouse or beaver who had chewed the seat and wiring, and found nothing criminal.

Deputies responded to a hit and run May 17 where a vehicle rear-ended another and kept driving. The deputies found the suspect vehicle heading northbound on Colorado Highway 9 and tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver kept going. He eventually stopped in a roundabout near Frisco because traffic in front of him forced him to stop. A deputy knocked on his side window, and the driver acted surprised to see them, claiming he had not noticed the deputy trying to stop him. He later admitted he knew deputies were behind him but did not stop because he was “turning around the corner,” despite driving for about a mile before stopping. He denied being involved in the accident, and although deputies noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle, the driver told them he had one nonalcoholic beer. After investigating, deputies arrested the man on charges of DUI, careless driving and failure to report an accident.

A passerby called May 17 to express concern about a motorcyclist lying in the grass next to his upright motorcycle on Interstate 70. Deputies arrived on scene and found the man in the grass. He said he was fine, was waiting for a friend to pick him up and did not have any medical issues or injuries from an accident. Deputies found no criminal activity.