Law Roundup
A man scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Flathead County District Court on a felony DUI conviction showed up with a blood-alcohol level of .22 percent - almost three times the legal limit for driving. He was sentenced anyway. The Flathead County Sheriff's Office supplied the Breathalyzer machine.
When a Cobbler Way man took his .30-06-caliber hunting rife out to show his girlfriend, it accidentally went off and blew a hole through his upstairs neighbor's floor. The neighbor told deputies the bullet, which exited through the building's roof, narrowly missed him. Deputies determined the discharge was an accident, and no criminal charges will be filed.
A North Springwood Lane man told deputies he suspected his ex-roommate of stealing tools from his shed. Deputies ended up arresting the 29-year-old suspect on suspicion of felony and misdemeanor theft.
A repo man was threatened with a beating while taking control of a vehicle at a tire shop on U.S. 2.
Paving equipment was reported stolen from a construction site on Bierney Creek Road in Lakeside.
Someone broke into a Shelter Valley Drive residence and made off with cash, a laptop, and a pistol.
A Bigfork woman who had a row with her husband called deputies the day after with questions about how to obtain a restraining order.
A dark-colored SUV driving past the house looked suspicious to a Trumble Creek Road man.
Someone running down North Hilltop Road crossed a resident's driveway, jumped a fence, and then took off down the railroad tracks.
A man tried to contact his ex-wife, with whom he was having custody issues, at a Whalebone Court residence. He left while the owner was on the phone with dispatchers to request that he be removed.
The parent of a 10-year-old student at a Smith Valley school told deputies her child was having problems with a 13-year-old.
Deputies received 121 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
A passer-by told Kalispell police he saw someone in a pickup trying to run down either a large dog or a small deer in a parking lot off West Idaho Street.
Officers arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of disorderly conduct near the Courthouse Loop, where he was making a scene.
A Fourth Avenue West resident wanted to speak with an officer about her daughter, who hadn't returned home.
A man who hit a curb while riding his bike on West Idaho Street and Meridian Road appeared to be unhurt.
Officers arrested a 26-year-old man on a Kalispell warrant for contempt of court while investigating reports of a suspicious person on West Idaho Street.
Somebody with a flashlight looked into the windows of a Second Avenue West home three times.
A Liberty Street woman reported a sexual assault.
Pipes were stolen from a construction site on Third Avenue East North.
No one was injured Thursday afternoon in a three-car crash at South Main and Seventh streets.
Someone shattered the windshield of a car parked on Liberty Street, and stole a wallet and iPod from a car parked on Greenbriar Drive.
Officers arrested a man at a North Main Street bank on suspicion of violating his probation for a conviction for writing bad checks.
Officers responded to Second Avenue East North after a 9-year-old girl went missing and to a West California Street residence after an 8-year-old girl went missing. Both were found, unharmed.
Officers received 77 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
Whitefish police arrested a 21-year-old man on a Montana Highway Patrol warrant for driving violations during a traffic stop at the intersection of U.S. 93 and Montana 40, and a 31-year-old man on a Montana Highway Patrol warrant for driving violations during a traffic stop on Railway Street.
Two 9-year-old boys were caught allegedly shoplifting from a novelty store on Central Avenue.
Officers received 44 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Columbia Falls police responded to the junior high school after a student pulled the fire alarm as a prank.
Officers received 18 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Alarms
The Kalispell Fire Department responded to Kalispell Middle School after a student suffered a broken collar bone and a bloody nose.
The Whitefish Fire Department responded to Latigo Lane, where an 81-year-old resident's nose wouldn't stop bleeding. The patient was taken to North Valley Hospital.
The Bigfork Fire Department and Creston Fire Department were paged out to reports of a gas leak on Parker Lake Road while the Columbia Falls Fire Department responded to reports of a natural-gas odor on Seventh Street West.
The Ferndale Fire Department responded to the Crane Mountain area for reports of a forest fire. It turned out to be a controlled burn.