Law Roundup
Flathead County sheriff
A purse was stolen on Meadowlark Drive early Saturday morning when a burglar came in through an unlocked sliding glass door. The purse was sitting about 10 feet from its sleeping owner when it was stolen, according to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office.
The burglar apparently attempted to break into two other houses on the street. A screen was removed on one home's bedroom window, and someone used a screwdriver to try and remove the screens on another residence's windows. The theft and attempted burglaries are under investigation.
A man, to whom deputies had spoken earlier that day about his drug use, told deputies a woman was harassing him. She insisted that he was harassing her about her drug use.
A Browns Meadow man suspects his neighbor finally made good on threats to shoot his cow.
Deputies counseled a man who thinks his neighbor is dealing meth.
An intoxicated Marion man said his wife, who also had been drinking, kicked him in the groin a few times.
A horse died when a vehicle hit it on U.S. 2 east of West Glacier. The driver was not injured in the accident.
The nine Montana Highway Patrol cars parked in a hotel parking lot weren't enough to discourage a thief who took a silver DVD player and passports from a vehicle there.
A man staying at a hotel told deputies he is receiving threatening calls on his cell phone from a guest at another hotel.
Three intoxicated men kicked signs and raised a ruckus at a Bigfork construction site.
A dog leapt through a window screen and broke into a house on Helena Flats Road early Saturday morning. A call to the dog's owner revealed the dog was terrified of lightning and likely had been trying to hide from the storm. The owner agreed to pay for the damaged screen.
A mailbox was the most recent casualty in an escalating neighbor dispute on Creekside Court.
A window was broken out of a vehicle parked at an office-supply store in Evergreen.
A laptop was reported stolen in Marion.
Deputies received 220 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Kalispell police
One of those calls included a report that a man with a heavy accent, a folder and a bike reportedly was peddling educational products in Evergreen. Kalispell police later received a call about a European man on a bike harassing a man who wasn't interested in the children's map books he was selling. The peddler wouldn't take no for an answer, the uninterested customer's wife said.
A man whose vehicle was towed when he was arrested retrieved his car Friday afternoon, only to discover the $450 guitar he'd left inside was gone.
An electronics store employee was helping a customer when they heard a pop. Moments later, the open glass door shattered.
A caller reported a bike theft that had occurred at Woodland Park three hours earlier.
Police arrested a man on suspicion of his third drunken-driving charge Friday night. He also was ticketed on suspicion of driving without insurance.
When a woman tried to talk to the mother of the two children who are sending her daughter pornographic text messages, the mom reportedly hung up on her. Police counseled the texters.
The door was kicked in at a vacant, hospital-owned apartment on Winward Way.
A camera, cell phone, MP3 player and purse were swiped from an unlocked vehicle on Third Avenue West North.
An attempted vehicle-repossession reportedly turned into a chase with loud yelling. Deputies helped arrange a payment schedule.
Officers received 119 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Whitefish police
Whitefish police took a report of a Siberian husky-rottweiler cross stolen on Lupfer Avenue.
Officers received 30 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Columbia Falls police
Columbia Falls police received 41 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Alarms
Evergreen ambulance took a pedestrian who'd been struck by a car on U.S. 2 in Evergreen to the hospital late Friday night.
Kalispell Fire Department ambulances took three people with minor injuries to the hospital Saturday after a car accident on Main Street.
The person who reported a car on fire on Bridge Street was fighting the flames when the Bigfork Fire Department arrived.