Law Roundup
Flathead County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 41-year-old fugitive from justice after he was spotted passed out in his car, with the doors open, in the northbound lane of Montana 35. He was also taken into custody for DUI, driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance.
A car ran into a mailbox on Midway Drive, leaving behind a streak of red paint before driving away.
A manhole cover was removed from a sewer near an elementary school. Deputies replaced it.
Someone reported seeing a small plane crash in a field off Montana 82. Turns out the plane was conducting a simulated landing, and wasn't in mechanical trouble of any sort.
An inmate at the county jail told authorities someone was driving his car without permission while he was incarcerated.
Deputies cited a 15-year-old girl for stealing two pairs of panties from a store on U.S. 2 in Evergreen.
A South Main Street convenience store was accused of selling alcohol without a permit. The Alcohol Enforcement Team is investigating.
The discovery of a dog skeleton on Patrick Creek Road struck the finder as an attempt at cremation. It wasn't.
Tires were slashed and a radio stolen from a vehicle at a bar on U.S. 35 in Evergreen.
A house on Parliament Drive was paintballed.
Five ducks, one of them bloody, were observed in a ditch off Birch Grove Road.
A huge longhorn steer got into the road near the Mission Villa area on Whitefish Stage Road.
A washer and dryer were stolen from a residence on U.S. 93, but the victim - who reportedly knows the suspect - decided not to press charges.
A man, who had been drinking, showed up at the Evergreen fire hall to donate a flag. Unsure of how to handle the situation, firefighters called deputies - who advised the man to move along.
Someone threw a handful of nails behind a Marjorie Street woman's car.
Deputies received 141 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.
Kalispell police arrested an 18-year-old man and a 21-year-old girl for trespassing after they were spotted walking down a line of cars on Third Avenue East looking for unlocked doors.
Officers arrested a 50-year-old man at a service club on First Street West on outstanding warrants for forgery and failure to appear on traffic tickets.
One of a group of kids calling themselves homeless asked a Seventh Avenue East North resident if he could sleep in her garage.
Two men were seen urinating on the side of a Kalispell Center Mall store.
Three boys were spotted swimming in the Woodland Park pond.
Two kids were warned not to climb the batting net at the baseball fields off Begg Park Drive.
A customer harassing an employee of a convenience store on U.S. 93 South was told not to return.
Two men were arguing and yelling obscenities at each other on Hawthorne Avenue.
The door to a glass supply business on First Street West was busted out and items were reported missing.
A political sign was stolen from East California Street.
Officers told a man living in a car on Fifth Avenue East he couldn't do that anymore.
A woman watching kids through binoculars at a park on Third Street West and South Meridian Road was gone when officers arrived.
A camera was stolen from a Liberty Street apartment and a purse was stolen from a car on Claremont Street.
Officers received 94 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Monday.
Whitefish police arrested a 17-year-old boy for driving on a suspended driver's license during a traffic stop on Baker Avenue.
A rifle was reported stolen from a residence on Fourth Street East.
Someone walked away with the tip jar from a Railway Street coffee shop.
Officers received 37 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.
Columbia Falls police arrested a 22-year-old man for disorderly conduct after he got into an argument with a clerk at a Nucleus Avenue grocery store.
A car was spotted parked on the track at the high school.
Numerous vehicles all over town were rifled through, but nothing was reported missing.
Officers received 22 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.
Alarms
The Marion Fire Department and Department of Natural Resources and Conservation firefighters responded to a slash pile burning on the west side of Hubbart Reservoir.
The Creston Fire Department responded to Montana 35, where an osprey nest atop a utility pole ignited and started a fire. The flames were quickly extinguished.
The Whitefish Fire Department responded to a plot of land off U.S. 93, where someone reportedly was burning tires. They also responded to a car leaking gas behind a bar on Central Avenue.
The Kalispell Fire Department responded to a possible natural gas leak at a hotel on U.S. 93 South.
The ALERT helicopter took a Martha Road man who fell off a ladder to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.