Not 'mother of the year' material

Flathead County sheriff's deputies contacted Department of Family Services after a wet-diapered, bare-footed, 2-year-old girl was found in the roadway on Whalebone Drive. The mother pulled up and said it was her child, and that the situation posed no problem. Officials from the sheriff's office disagreed.

Grandma wouldn't let the 12-year-old boy on Solberg Drive have an X-rated video game, so he threw a fit that got out of control. A deputy showed up and talked to him.

A 14-year-old girl got into a plate-throwing melee with a 16-year-old girl at a house on Maple Drive Tuesday night. With no arrests for law offenses, apparently the only thing broken was the china.

Tools were reported stolen from two storage sheds in the Marion area. At Riebe Machine Works, it was a Husqvarna chain saw that went missing.

A young-looking male bought a half-gallon of Canadian whiskey in the Evergreen Liquor Store, the store worker reported, then walked out and handed it to a young girl in a car.

A hawk that was hit by a vehicle still was in pretty good shape, so Fish and Game officers handed it over to the care of a raptor rehabilitator.

Pounding on a woman's door and refusing to leave when told to do so resulted in a 43-year-old man being put in jail Tuesday night for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.

The 21-year-old man who allegedly had been stealing gas from Total Lawn Care's site on Rocky Cliff was caught just after midnight and charged with misdemeanor theft.

Her son's motorcycle was stolen from the Hungry Horse home while he was incarcerated, a mother told the sheriff's office.

Even though he took the candy bar, ate it and dropped the wrapper, the shoplifter didn't get away with it. Super 1 Foods reported him.