Law Roundup
Flathead County sheriff
Five men who showed up at a Bigfork casino weren’t acting suspiciously, but an onlooker had a gut feeling they were up to no good and notified Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies.
A Jellison Road woman requested that deputies come speak with her out-of-control 15-year-old daughter.
Deputies responded to a home on U.S. 93 South after a man allegedly struck a resident across the face during an argument. Alcohol was involved in the incident.
A Bald Rock Road man called deputies to ask about the recourse available to him after his soon-to-be ex-wife called saying he couldn’t come home and she was going to lock him out of the house.
Tools were reported stolen from a garage on Goat Trail near Whitefish. Items were shoplifted from a Woodland Park Drive convenience store.
A Cougar Trail couple got into a heated argument over the nonpayment of certain bills. Deputies responded to keep the peace.
Custody issues were the reported cause of an altercation between a man and woman on West Cottonwood Drive. The man allegedly pushed the woman around and yelled at her.
Someone driving down U.S. 2 reportedly was paying more attention to their book than the road.
Deputies received 133 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Kalispell police
Kalispell police were asked to remove an intoxicated man, who reportedly had urinated on himself, from the library.
An onlooker afraid that boys using shovels to dig in a vacant lot on Bluestone Drive would rupture a gas line called police, who determined that the boys’ behavior was harmless.
The door to an unoccupied home on Northern Lights Boulevard was found open, prompting a real estate agent to call police.
A Third Avenue East woman whose ex-boyfriend is in jail believes he is having other people stalk her.
Furnishings were reported stolen Thursday from an apartment on Third Avenue East.
A Liberty Street woman told officers she thought there was someone messing around with her front door.
Tools were stolen from a truck on Sixth Avenue East and medication was taken from a home on Sixth Avenue West. A leaf blower and gas can went missing from a Fourth Avenue East garage.
Officers received 66 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Whitefish police
Whitefish police responding to Edgewood Drive arrested a 30-year-old man on a county warrant for probation violation and a city warrant for contempt of court.
Officers noticed a 21-year-old man with a suspended license driving a motorcycle down U.S. 93 and pulled him over. It turns out the man had a set of brass knuckles on his person, so he was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
Officers received 24 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Columbia Falls police
Columbia Falls police are investigating reports that items were stolen from vehicles on 11th Street West and Fourth Avenue West.
Someone appears to have walked down U.S. 2 Thursday night while throwing rocks through businesses’ windows. Officers received eight reports of vandalism in connection with the incident.
Officers received 24 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Alarms
The West Valley Fire Department responded to what turned out to be a controlled burn on West Valley Drive.
The Evergreen Fire Department and Kalispell Fire Department were paged out to a rollover crash on U.S. 2 near Glacier Park International Airport.
One adult and four children inside with injuries were taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.