Boyfriend warned: 'Stay out of my daughter's closet'

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office responded after a Whitefish man said he found a boy hiding in his daughter’s closet Thursday morning following previous demands that he stay away. The teenage Casanova was given a ride home by a deputy.

Someone from Kalispell reported a friend for stealing a cat. The reporting party later mentioned that the friend also had their vehicle.

Suspicious circumstances were reported after someone saw what they thought was a man stealing gas from search and rescue. Follow-up revealed the man works on the premises and was putting gas in the vehicles.

A victim of a prior theft near Kalispell reported finding a stolen saddle at a pawn shop.

Mystery cigarette butts were found on the lawn of a Lakeside woman who doesn’t smoke Thursday afternoon.

Money was reportedly stolen by someone using a computer in Bigfork.

A Kila resident said a neighbor was trespassing.

A verbal dispute in Columbia Falls Thursday night was between a man and wife in the midst of a divorce. The man had turned the power off at their home.

A “pocket scale” was stolen from a business in Evergreen.

Disorderly conduct was reported after a female became enraged that her friends took her keys away. Deputies discovered she had been kicked out of two bars.

Trespassing children were said to be waging a paintball war at a property in Whitefish and refusing to leave. They were gone when deputies arrived.

A man who apparently passed out near a bridge off of Montana 35 was given a ride home by deputies. He was heavily intoxicated.

A Martin City woman called law enforcement after she said a group of people attempted to get in her home early Thursday morning. She said she barricaded the door. Deputies responded but found no evidence of a crime.

Kalispell Police received a report from a caller who said a friend who owed them money had another person call and impersonate a police officer concerning the alleged debt. The real police logged the information as potential evidence Thursday night.

Police assisted a citizen after her credit card and driver’s license became stuck while she was making a transaction at a local bank Thursday afternoon.

A disorderly man refused to leave a business.

A gas line was cut on a parked vehicle.

Someone called to report the theft of a cat.

A mattress was stolen from a yard. A delivery company had dropped it off, but it was gone when the owner got home.

A wedding ring was stolen Thursday night.

A report of a suspicious man drinking in public resulted in police asking him to throw out his beer and move along.

Police asked three children to take their fireworks and go home after they were found in the parking lot at Elrod Elementary School.

A drunk man reportedly fell over a guard rail and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The owner of a stolen vehicle was able to drive it home after it was found in a park.

Prescription glasses and sunglasses were stolen from a vehicle.

A caller reported a potential attempted burglary Friday morning. The caller found the door of his vehicle open with a screwdriver laying on the seat. The vehicle was in a garage.

An employee was questioned about the theft of money from a business. He failed to return to work after leaving for lunch, according to the report.

Rocks were thrown through glass windows at a business overnight.

A woman reported finding three syringes under a potted plant outside her window Friday afternoon. Police placed them in evidence.

Columbia Falls Police arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol Thursday night. It was the man’s fifth DUI.

There were two reports of someone entering vehicles on Fourth Avenue on Thursday night. In both cases, nothing was taken.

Someone said a roaming dog bit a 3-year-old girl. The girl was not hurt, according to police.