Turn out the lights, party's over

It was at about 2:30 a.m. that someone reported to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office that shots were fired and a girl was crying at a home on Cayuse Lane.

Deputies went to the house and saw someone with a flashlight inside. He wouldn't talk to deputies who finally forced their way into the house.

They arrested him for obstructing an officer and took him to the hospital for a mental-health evaluation. Three girls inside were cited for underage alcohol possession. There was no evidence of a shooting.

A man called from a casino to complain that he arrived with $50 and wound up broke. He wanted to press charges because the machine ate his money and he expected to win, he said. He was advised to go home and sleep it off.

A man was arrested for DUI on Shady Lane.

Disturbances were reported on Montana 40 and on East Evergreen Drive.

A woman reported a man followed her home from a convenience store, grabbed her, and asked her sexual questions.

Rocks littered the road on Montana 209. Clothes were a traffic hazard on U.S. 2 West.

An unwanted man was reported on U.S. 93. Another man was arrested on a warrant after a woman asked for him to be removed on Big Mountain. A woman was arrested after a family disturbance on Montana 206.

Anyone could have stolen tools on Kienas Road or a chain and locks on LaBrant Road, but who heisted a 400-pound Chinese statue from Electric Avenue?

A parent needed help with a 7-year-old boy's behavior on Ridgewood Drive.

A meter reader was confronted by a resident who threatened her and threw a firecracker between her feet.

No one was hurt when a car went over an embankment in Bigfork and landed in the harbor.

A man who was arrested on a warrant on the North Fork Road had an elderly woman's identification and credit card in his wallet. She said they had expired and guessed the man found them in the trash.

The theft of a wallet at a convenience store was recorded on videotape.

A woman is suspected of damaging property with her vehicle and assaulting someone on Birch Grove.

A dog was shot on Trumble Canyon Road.

Some youths were cited for under-age drinking and criminal mischief after reportedly knocking over a portable toilet and breaking things at a construction site.