Man threatens neighbors over fireworks

A Stoner Creek Road resident called Flathead County Sheriff's deputies to complain about the neighbors setting off fireworks. If the Sheriff's Office didn't dispatch a deputy, the man threatened, he would make the miscreants stop himself and authorities would have to send somebody anyway.

Deputies tracked down a Martin City girl on house arrest who cut off her ankle bracelet and took off. She was taken to juvenile detention.

A 1995 BMW with half a tank of gas was reported stolen from a Birch Drive residence.

Deputies were paged out to Cooperative Way, where a woman allegedly shoved her ex-husband during a dispute over the custody of their children.

Someone shot paintballs at a house and trailer on School Addition Road.

Jet Skiers on the North Fork near Hungry Horse were driving their watercraft at more than 50 mph, prompting a complaint to authorities.

A man sitting on a lawn chair near the Old Steel Bridge allegedly was yelling at passersby. He denied it.

A Hungry Horse woman, upset with her husband for beating her in the past, flipped out and began throwing things. Deputies arrived and arrested the uncooperative, 39-year-old woman for obstructing justice.

Deputies responded to the Mission View Terrace neighborhood where someone driving a 1969 Cadillac Eldorado convertible hit a road sign and drove up onto a resident's lawn.

A Martin City woman claims her boyfriend kicked her and dragged her from the house by her ponytail. He claims he pushed her out the door to avoid a confrontation.

Vandals damaged the playground, downspouts, and roof vents at a Smith Valley school.

A car hit a bear on Montana 83.

Firefighters told a Farm To Market Road resident to extinguish a controlled burn.

Deputies received 220 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.

A Fifth Avenue West North man told Kalispell police his wife held a knife to his throat while he slept and then ran off.

Officers were notified after a man, who said he had just been released from prison where he was incarcerated for murder, offered to kill the husband of a woman he just met.

Someone damaged a fish pond on Windward Way.

Officers were called after someone allegedly overheard an employee of a motel on First Avenue East telling other employees he was going to rape a woman.

Two men in a truck threw an unidentified liquid at a passing cyclist on Sixth Avenue West.

Officers arrested a 45-year-old man for disorderly conduct and obstructing a police officer while investigating report of a runaway dog on Second Avenue West.

Officers arrested a 19-year-old man for obstruction of justice and resisting arrest while responding to a fight on East Washington Street.

A Sixth Street West man and his wife arguing about money were separated.

Officers counseled a man yelling at somebody inside a blue house near the corner of First Avenue East and Center Street.

A man who invaded a Parkway Drive resident's hot tub was given a ride home.

Officers arrested a man for partner assault after he returned to his North Meridian Drive residence, where several hours earlier a neighbor had heard a woman yelling for help and things being thrown.

Officers received 62 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Whitefish police responded to an early morning noise complaint on Big Mountain Road. Someone there had let off a can of bear spray. Officers told the noisy parties to quit and go to bed.

Officers arrested a 43-year-old man for driving under the influence of alcohol on Baker Avenue.

Officers received 20 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Columbia Falls police took custody of a 23-year-old man arrested in Glacier National Park on a city warrant.

Officers arrested a 73-year-old man for driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on U.S. 2 east of downtown.

Tools were reported stolen from Columbia Falls High School.

Officers received 22 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Alarms

The West Valley Fire Department and Whitefish Fire Department responded to Kuhns Road where a car hit a utility pole, but no one was around the vehicle when rescue personnel arrived.

The Kalispell Fire Department responded to First Avenue East North where a discarded cigarette landed in a pile of clothes, setting a shed on fire.

The Kalispell Fire Department and South Kalispell Fire Department responded to a crash on Conrad Drive, but a person injured in the collision refused transport to the hospital.

The Smith Valley Fire Department was dispatched to reports of a fire on Haywire Gulch, but the blaze turned out to be recreational.

The Badrock Fire Department and Three Rivers EMS responded to a rollover accident on Kelley Road, but no one was around the vehicle.

The Columbia Falls Fire Department and Three Rivers EMS responded to a crash on Hodgson Road. A man involved in the collision was taken to North Valley Hospital.

The Badrock Fire Department extinguished a small grass fire near the intersection of Trap and Middle roads.

The Coram Fire Department extinguished a wildfire, which grew to one fifth of an acre, under a trestle bridge off U.S. 2.