The Kalispell Police Department

is investigating a theft and suspected arson fire that destroyed a black 1998 Honda CRV. The vehicle was reported stolen from Liberty Street just before 1 a.m. Tuesday. The owner said the keys had been left in the vehicle. It was found on Ashley Lake Road, "completely toasted," over an embankment. The license plate and vehicle identification number were incinerated in the fire, but the owner was able to identify it. Fire officials think the fire was intentionally set. Kalispell and Smith Valley fire departments and Montana Highway Patrol responded.

Using the locks would have prevented some vehicle owners from donating their possessions to thieves. Among the thefts reported to police was a subwoofer taken on Seventh Avenue East, a personal stereo player, sunglasses and CDs removed on First Avenue East North, and a console that vanished on Second Avenue East North. Gas was stolen from vehicles on East Nicklaus.

A gold Jeep Cherokee was parked in the intersection of Second Avenue West and Center Street. People started honking. The driver got out and yelled obscenities. And then it was over.

A man was arrested on suspicion of having an open container of alcohol on East Idaho Street. Two men stripped off their shirts and fought near the Bulldog bar, but neither was sure he wanted to charge the other with assault.

It was after midnight when knocking began on the door and window of a Garland Street home.

A sexual-assault report is under investigation.

A driver stopped on West Center Street was arrested on suspicion of being a habitual offender.

Two men with spiked hair and trench coats were seen going through cars at Gateway West Mall. One explained that he was just getting into his sister's car. Both had warrants for their arrest.

A man who wouldn't leave Alana Club did when officers arrived.

A teenager who left Papa John's with a pizza he didn't pay for returned with cash after a warning call from an employee that she was going to call the police.

There's a suspect in the theft of a silver necklace with a silver heart on Seventh Avenue West.