Last week, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office boxed in a passed-out drunk driver, investigated gunshots in a neighborhood and told a man not to unplug his neighbors’ Halloween decorations.

The following incidents occurred between Monday, Oct. 20, and Sunday, Oct. 26, according to the weekly log of notable calls published by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.

The Summit County 911 Center received an automatic crash notification on Oct. 20 from near Vail Pass. Deputies, Colorado State Patrol and a medic unit dispatched to the area, searched it but found no accident or people in distress. About 30 minutes later, an individual reported getting a crash notification for their friend and requested a welfare check. Law enforcement determined both notifications were from the same incident. The friend was later located at home and confirmed he was okay. He had accidentally left his phone on top of his vehicle and drove off without it. When it fell to the ground, it triggered the crash notifications.

An out-of-state man requested a welfare check Oct. 20 on his elderly friend who he had not been in contact with recently. He said another friend spoke to the first one about three weeks prior, but his text had since gone unanswered, which was not normal for the friend. A deputy responded to the friend’s house and spoke with them directly. The friend said they needed some time alone and there was nothing wrong, so deputies notified the man that his friend was OK.

After arguing at a friend’s house and deciding to leave Oct. 21, a couple drove around the neighborhood for a while before returning to the parking lot. Their argument escalated, and the intoxicated male threatened to break up with the woman if she went back inside. They argued outside the vehicle, and the man walked away. Deputies arrived, located the woman and conducted an investigation while other deputies looked for the man. They found him and determined no criminal actions had occurred between the couple. Deputies released the man to his father and advised the couple to refrain from communicating for at least the rest of the evening.

When a dog owner had to go to the hospital for medical treatment Oct. 22, their two dogs were left without anyone to care for them. An animal control officer went to the residence, collected the dogs and took them to the Summit County Animal Shelter. The officer placed them in protected custody until their owner was healthy enough to care for them again.

Early in the morning Oct. 22, deputies received multiple reports of possible gunshots in the Wildernest area. They canvassed the neighborhood and contacted several suspects, but they could not determine the source of the shots. Later that morning, more reports of gunshots came in from the same area. Based on witness accounts, deputies identified a suspected source of the shots and contacted two men at a Wildernest residence. One man was hostile and uncooperative, appearing to be under the influence of alcohol. Both men claimed they had heard shots but did not know where they came from. After deputies investigated, they took the uncooperative man into custody on multiple charges, including reckless endangerment and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. Deputies later obtained a warrant to search his residence and searched it the same day.

A man unplugged his neighbors’ motion-activated Halloween decorations Oct. 22 after becoming frustrated with their evil laughs and spooky music and reported their noise to deputies. While a deputy was en route, they received a trespassing complaint from the decoration-loving neighbors. They reported an unknown man had been on their porch, unplugged their decorations, hit their door and told them to respect quiet hours before leaving. Deputies found the man’s actions did not rise to the level of a trespass, but they told him not to unplug anything on his neighbors’ porch again. Deputies asked the residents to unplug the decorations by 7 p.m. every day if they produced noise to comply with Summit County noise ordinances.

Deputies received multiple reports of a vehicle driving the wrong way Oct. 25 on Swan Mountain Road. Deputies found the vehicle off the side of the road, crashed and partially blocking the road. The unresponsive driver had his head slumped over the wheel and did not respond to deputies’ several attempts to rouse him. Deputies blocked the vehicle so the man could not flee if he regained consciousness and then broke a window to check on the driver’s injuries. They found multiple open containers of beer and liquor in the car, and the driver, who had woken up, seemed to be very intoxicated. Deputies detained him, completed their investigation and took the man to the county jail on multiple charges, including DUI, open container and underage possession.

A hunter observing his parked car through binoculars Oct. 26 saw what he thought was someone trying to break into his car. He reported the incident to deputies, but when one arrived at the lot and spoke to the only man nearby, it turned out that man was not involved and had not witnessed anything suspicious. The hunter called the deputy back and said he was not certain it was a person he saw and that it might have been an oddly shaped tree. The deputy found nothing criminal or any signs of tampering or forced entry to the vehicle.