Last week, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office helped 18 kayaking kids off the water, responded to a potential plane crash and searched for men who charged their phones on someone else’s porch.

The following incidents occurred between Monday, July 28, and Sunday, Aug. 3, according to the weekly log of notable calls published by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.

A real estate agent became suspicious of an email claiming the sender wanted to sell his property in Breckenridge. The sender provided a copy of the property’s tax bill and driver’s license, which appeared to be fake. The agent found the real owners of the property, who said they were not trying to sell their home. Deputies took a report Monday, July 28, and the investigation is ongoing.

Deputies received a report of a woman walking barefoot in a sundress along the highway Monday, July 28. Deputies found her, and she said her partner crashed her car in an unknown location and she left the scene after an argument. Colorado State Patrol handled the report and subsequent arrest.

A Copper Mountain resident Tuesday, July 29, reported their bicycle, which they left chained to a bike rack outside employee housing, had been stolen. Deputies took a report, and the investigation is ongoing.

Three people climbed a popular route Tuesday, July 29, near Officers Gulch, but one fell on their descent. The one who fell, longtime Summit High School teacher Rick Karden, was the group’s leader and had most of the equipment, leaving the other two stranded on the route. Responders pronounced Karden deceased at the scene and evacuated the other two climbers.

Eighteen juveniles and their adult counselors called for help Tuesday, July 29, at the Dillon Reservoir when they got caught in high winds while kayaking. Deputies and staff from the Frisco Bay Marina rescued the group and took them back to the dock. The responders then retrieved the abandoned kayaks.

Deputies received a report Tuesday, July 29, of a plane potentially crashing into the Dillon Reservoir. An investigation revealed the military had conducted low-level flight training over the lake, but no aircraft had crashed.

A seemingly intoxicated man lying on the ground near a popular trailhead in Wildernest prompted a welfare check Wednesday, July 30. Deputies found the man was intoxicated, but he denied needing medical attention or assistance, saying he was waiting for a friend who was camping. He insisted he was OK and wanted to wait for his friend, and deputies found nothing criminal.

When a couple’s dog went missing Thursday, July 31, they reported it to the Summit County Animal Shelter, posted on social media and notified the Summit Lost Pet Rescue. A friend told them someone had found their dog, but the man who did refused to return the dog, saying it was his. Deputies tracked down the man the next day, confirmed the couple were the rightful owners and returned the dog to them.

A Dillon Valley resident on Sunday, Aug. 3, reported two men on his porch using his exterior outlet to charge their phones. He asked them to quiet down at first, but they kept making too much noise, so he asked them to leave. One of the men started yelling threats at the resident, but the men eventually left. Deputies arrived and canvassed the area, but they did not find the men.

Deputies received a report Sunday, Aug. 3, of gunshots in unincorporated Breckenridge. They found people target practicing from the backside of their residence, which faced U.S. Forest Service land, with a proper backstop. Deputies found nothing criminal.

A hospital patient on Sunday, Aug. 3, reported to deputies he had been mistreated. Deputies found him at a bus stop, lying on the ground and complaining of pain. An investigation revealed the man had been treated and released from the hospital twice already, and the hospital wanted him trespassed from the building. Deputies offered the man a bus ticket to his hometown, which neighbors Summit County, but he refused, saying he would get sick on the bus. Deputies made a plan to drive him home, but before they did, they ran his information through the Colorado Crime Information Center system. The man had two outstanding warrants from a different Colorado county, so deputies arrested him and took him to the Summit County Jail.

This week saw multiple personal floatation device violations on the Dillon Reservoir. A deputy saw a woman without a life jacket struggling to paddle her stand-up paddleboard, and she claimed she had a life jacket in her truck. The deputy asked her to take him there and show him, and she admitted she did not have one. The deputy escorted her to the beach and gave her a citation. The same day, two different groups of paddleboarders tried to launch into the water without personal floatation devices. One group purchased some, and the other group chose to leave. Later, deputies spotted a group of four paddleboarders on the water, only one of which had a life jacket. The deputies took the group to the beach and issued citations to the ones without personal floatation devices.