Law Roundup
Employees of a carpet-cleaning company on U.S. 2 in Evergreen told Flathead County sheriff's deputies that one of their work vans was missing a door. No word on where it went, or who might have taken it and why.
About $2,000 was taken from a Mission Way man's unlocked vehicle. A couple of hours later, the man's brother called from the same address to report that an iPod and cell phone had been taken from his vehicle.
An inmate of the Flathead County Detention Center filed a theft complaint.
Deputies were unable to find a man in a truck reportedly taking pictures of a Forest Drive resident's home.
A man on U.S. 93 South was reported by a neighbor for stealing rocks from another person's property. Turns out he works for a company hired to be there.
Deputies responded to U.S. 93 and Somers Stage Road after receiving reports that an intoxicated 52-year-old man was walking around, knocking on doors. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI after deputies found his car in a nearby ditch.
Deputies responded to an argument between a Braig Road man and his wife after the mother-in-law, who thought the situation more dire than it was, reported the disturbance.
A Shady Lane man told deputies a woman came into his house, bit and scratched him, and then left. He ultimately decided not to file a complaint.
Patrolling deputies noticed a group of five people at some ball fields off Woodland Park Drive and decided to see what they were up to so late at night. A 23-year-old man was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant.
An allegedly intoxicated man refused to leave a Martin City home. It turns out the man and the home's occupants were arguing about rent money.
A domestic disturbance between a man and woman on Toftum Lane moved to a convenience store on U.S. 2 and Montana 40. They walked into some nearby woods before deputies arrived.
The wife of a man who works at a fast-food restaurant on U.S. 2 in Evergreen allegedly struck his manager.
Deputies received 147 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Kalispell police visited a Ninth Avenue West residence to serve a warrant and ended up arresting two people: a 27-year-old man on a misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear and a 22-year-old man on suspicion of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Officers arrested a 19-year-old woman while serving a warrant on Windward Way.
A former employee of a South Main Street health store kept calling and hanging up.
An employee of a casino on West Idaho Street wrote out threats to another person.
Officers ticketed and released a girl on suspicion of shoplifting from a store at a Center Street mall.
Officers arrested a 19-year-old man with an outstanding warrant for desertion from the military on Fourth Avenue East. An hour later, officers were back at the residence to remove some people who were present during the first call but had since become unwelcome. They were told to leave or be arrested.
Someone busted out the back window of a clinic on Westview Park Place and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.
A man spotted drinking alcohol in his pickup near a Second Street West school was gone when officers arrived.
Someone stole a sewing machine from a truck on Second Avenue West.
Officers received 71 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Skis, placed behind a store on First Street East, either were stolen or vandalized. Whitefish police are investigating.
Officers received 49 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Columbia Falls police arrested a 14-year-old student at the junior high school on suspicion of possession of marijuana. He told investigators he was holding the drugs for another student.
Officers received 25 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Alarms
The Kalispell Fire Department extinguished a car fire at a bank on First Avenue West. The department responded to Third Avenue West, where a 10-year-old girl suffered a cut on her head, reportedly from a plate. She was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
Three hours later, the department was back at the same Third Avenue West residence to extinguish a grease fire on the stove. The fire put itself out, but the house was filled with smoke.
The department responded to reports of a crash on Marquardt Lane, but nobody was around the vehicle when they arrived. The department also responded to a two-vehicle crash off Willow Glen Drive. One person suffered minor injuries and was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
The West Valley Fire Department was paged to a field on West Valley Drive after a burn there reportedly got out of control. It hadn't.