Kalispell Police

Kalispell Police were busy Monday dealing with numerous slide-in traffic accidents or parking problems from snow on the roads. Concerned citizens also reported numerous injured deer around the valley.An irate driver called Kalispell police Monday to report that a woman talking on her cell phone while driving a blue Ford Escalade caused a pedestrian to dive into a snowbank on Main Street to avoid getting struck.Police offices retrieved items stolen from a boutique on Main Street Monday after catching up with the suspect a few blocks away from the scene of the crime. A man was charged with theft and obstruction.A thief may be wiser but not much richer from stealing a backpack from an unlocked vehicle on Ninth Avenue West. The backpack contained only school books and a calculator.Three men made a getaway from a restaurant on East Idaho by hitchhiking a ride by the underpass. However, officers caught up with their benefactor and the men forked over $18.97 for their meal.Officers responded to an alleged assault on Sixth Avenue West North late Sunday. The caller tried to pick up her sister but was assaulted by the sister's boyfriend and received minor injuries in the scuffle. Charges are pending investigation.Two men, ages 17 and 18, were arrested Sunday and charged with shoplifting at a store on U.S. 93 north.

Flathead County Sheriff's DeputiesFlathead County Sheriff's Office received a report of food stolen from a local thrift store Monday morning. Dispatchers received word of a train versus a semi but with no injuries. The incident took place at Jellison Lane and Jellison Road. Possible fraud was under investigation after an incident in the front lobby of a U.S. 93 south business Monday. No details were available.A construction accident was reported at about 3 p.m. Monday. A wounded hawk was reported off Willow Glenn Sunday afternoon.

Whitefish PoliceWhitefish Police officers made several arrests starting Sunday morning with a 40-year-old man on a warrant from Whitefish City Court for felony theft of services.A man was arrested Monday in Whitefish for accountability to theft, felony. A woman was arrested on a warrant for reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.

Columbia Falls PoliceColumbia Falls Police arrested a man on Monday and charged him with shoplifting.