Law Roundup

A woman called Flathead County Sheriff's deputies to complain about her 77-year-old father's 53-year-old allegedly gold-digging girlfriend. Before his death, the elderly man gave his younger girlfriend power of attorney and she convinced him to buy several big-ticket items, such as a ranch, the daughter reported.

While responding to reports of a suspicious motorcycle at a resort on Montana 40, deputies chased some trespassers out of the hot tub.

Items were stolen from vehicles on U.S. 2 West and Valley View Drive.

Two black mules were spotted sauntering down the Church Drive.

A Bowdish Woods Road woman told deputies a man threatened to shoot her dogs when she asked him to hunt a little farther away from her house.

Deputies responded to East Evergreen Drive, where a mother and her 14-year-old child were arguing because the kid hadn't returned home on time.

A young woman turning onto Montclair Drive in Evergreen was cut off by the driver of an SUV - who then flipped the woman off, pulled her out of her car, and punched her in the face. The driver of the SUV told deputies she certainly did punch the other driver, but because the other driver spit in her face.

A Woodland Park Road woman told deputies her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend was threatening her and her friends.

Deputies broke up a disturbance involving a 13-year-old boy on Stoner Creek Road in Lakeside and a disturbance involving a man, who reportedly was throwing things around a Church Drive residence, and his girlfriend.

A man hunting in the Stanton Lake area was reported overdue when he failed to meet up with a friend by dark.

A 45-year-old man reportedly was assaulted on East Evergreen Drive. He was taken to the hospital. Deputies are investigating.

A vehicle was reported from an Auction Road business.

Deputies received 140 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Kalispell

A man packing his things to leave a Ninth Street West residence after a fight with his girlfriend was chased out of the house and around the block. He called Kalispell police.

Two people hanging out on the shoulder of U.S. 93 North with a smiley-face sign were causing a traffic hazard.

A man suspected of breaking into a car in the parking lot of a home improvement store on U.S. 93 North was just a friend picking up some keys. A passerby thought he had been rifling through vehicles.

All four tires on a car parked off Third Avenue West were flattened.

Security guards asked a driver trying to park his car in the lot of a Center Street mall in the wee hours of the morning to leave. Police were called when he returned.

Officers told a man banging on the door of a Fifth Avenue East residence that he would be arrested if he didn't leave and confiscated his beer.

People who put a red box in the middle of the sidewalk along U.S. 93 North and then settled down to watch it were gone when officers arrived.

A man who allegedly hit his girlfriend while parked in the lot of an East Idaho Street restaurant was arrested for partner assault.

A Kalispell-area man found a car online and paid for it, but has yet to receive the vehicle.

A First Avenue East woman asked officers to remove her 19-year-old son from her property after he damaged her garage.

Officers received 65 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Whitefish

Whitefish police are investigating reports that a cell phone was either lost or stolen somewhere in the downtown area.

Officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance on Iowa Avenue.

Four juveniles were arrested in connection with vandalism and a disturbance at the high school football game.

Officers received 37 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Columbia Falls

Columbia Falls police are investigating reports that a home on Columbia Drive was broken into.

A dog was running loose and tearing up lawn decorations on Red Bridge Road.

Officers received 25 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Alarms

The Smith Valley Fire Department responded to what was reported as a grass fire near Dern Road. The person watching it, a nearby homeowner, agreed to put it out.

The West Valley Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Reservoir Road.

The Kalispell Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of Seventh Avenue East and 11th Street. One injured occupant was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

The Coram Fire Department responded to a fire at the community's green box site. Smoke was spotted coming out of a Dumpster.

The Somers Fire Department responded to reports of downed power lines on Montana 82 and Hard Rock Road.