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Law Roundup

| May 6, 2008 1:00 AM

A motorist on U.S. 2 near Hungry Horse called Flathead County Sheriff's deputies after a passing motor home leaked wastewater on his car. Deputies stopped the motor home, which turned out to have a damaged sewage tank, and informed the unwitting driver of the hazard.

Gunshots were heard on Rhodes Draw, Redfield Lane, and near a Hungry Horse school. Deputies were unable to find anything amiss.

A Fern Lane woman was accused of hitting her soon-to-be ex-spouse during an argument over property, but left for work before deputies arrived.

Four fence posts were stolen from a Shady Lane driveway.

A turkey reportedly was poached near Strawberry Lake.

A mountain lion is suspected of killing a rabbit on Mountain Brooks Drive.

Deputies responded to North Hilltop Road where a man and a woman, both of whom had been drinking, were arguing. The man reportedly turned off the power during the row.

A Middle Road resident told deputies an ex-employee showed up and began leveling threats.

Deputies cited an 18-year-old woman for shoplifting from a big-box store on U.S. 2 in Evergreen.

Excessive noise from a party and revving car engine were reported on Zimmerman Road.

Loose change and a wallet with $60 inside were stolen from a car on Bernard Road.

A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of his fourth DUI, a felony, after rolling his car on U.S. 2 near Martin City. He was not injured.

Three vehicles on Parliament Drive were broken into.

A child reported missing on Dawn Drive was later found inside the residence.

A man threatened to tear up a Leslie Avenue neighbor's road, upping the ante in a reported property dispute.

Sheriff's deputies received 138 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Kalispell police arrested a 37-year-old man for shoplifting after he allegedly walked out of a grocery store on West Idaho Street without paying for $378 worth of food.

Kids were spotted trying to jump a train near Woodland Park.

Officers arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he was involved in an accident in the parking lot of a grocery store on East Idaho Street.

Officers counseled a girl allegedly attempting to start a fight with another girl at the Woodland Skate Park.

Officers were unable to locate a man reportedly living in a culvert near Grandview Drive and Flathead Valley Community College.

A man and a woman in a car parked at a Commons Loop bank were allegedly engaged in an indecent activity. They were behaving when officers arrived.

An altercation erupted when a Buttercup Loop man tried to have a frank discussion with his 17-year-old stepdaughter, who is reportedly dating a 27-year-old man.

Officers arrested a 39-year-old North Meridian Road woman for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after she allegedly left her daughter with family and then went out partying. The fight commenced when family members refused to give the child back to her mother, who had been drinking.

A 21-year-old man, who had been drinking, was spotted in the doorway of a Hawthorne Avenue home and arrested on five outstanding misdemeanor warrants.

Rabbits escaped and began munching on carrots in a Seventh Avenue East resident's garden.

A game system and video games were stolen from a Fourth Avenue West apartment.

Medication was stolen from an Empire Loop residence.

Items were stolen from an Eighth Avenue East resident's home and car.

Whitefish police responded to the viaduct after receiving reports of indecent exposure, but the man was clothed when officers arrived.

Columbia Falls police arrested a 45-year-old man for shoplifting items from a grocery store on U.S. 2.

Officers arrested a 45-year-old man at a health food store on U.S. 2 on a warrant for writing bad checks.

Alarms

The West Valley Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Lost Creek Drive.

The Evergreen Fire Department responded to what was reported as an illegal burn behind a Mexican restaurant off East Cottonwood Drive and a possible gas leak on Montana 35.

The Columbia Falls Fire Department responded to a re-kindled grass fire on Aluminum Drive. An old fire had broke containment, but was extinguished in less than an hour.