Law roundup
Kalispell police counseled some boys never to point toy guns out a window. They allegedly did so from a second-story window on Appleway Drive, alarming somebody who thought they were aiming for a vehicle with children inside it.
Two people refused to leave a Center Street mall Saturday evening. When they finally did, the female half of the pair allegedly spit at the mall representative — twice.
Whoever ran over a fence at an Empire Loop home drove off without notifying the homeowner.
Two white ducks, one reportedly with a broken leg, were said to be causing traffic issues in a parking lot near Woodland Park. An officer, however, said the ducks were moving along just fine.
It wasn’t that the people driving a red Pontiac Grand Am were doing anything illegal by taking photos of other drivers as they cruised Main Street, the caller said. It was what they might do with those photos that was worrisome.
Four or five people reportedly stood in the Fifth and Center intersection shortly before midnight and refused to budge for traffic. When one driver told them to move, they started pounding on his car.
One employee at a U.S. 93 South supermarket said two men shoplifted milk and beer. Other employees couldn’t verify it when officers arrived.
A woman hid out in the back of a Main Street business after an altercation with some people outside who reportedly threatened to blow up the business.
Police made two DUI arrests within a half hour early Sunday, one on Third Avenue East and another on North Meridian.
An unlocked green 1995 Ford Explorer was reported stolen from West California Street.
Two customers passed a counterfeit $10 bill at an East Idaho fast food restaurant Sunday.
Officers received 68 calls for help between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies investigated a reported assault at a Reeds Lane home near Columbia Falls after a father and his 40-year-old son argued Saturday. The county attorney’s office will determine whether to file charges.
At a Klondyke Loop home in Somers, parents of a 14-year-old boy called after a family disturbance. Juvenile officers will handle the case.
A fight at a bar on U.S. 2 west of Columbia Falls involved a man kicking another man’s truck. The aftermath involved the kicker being cited for criminal mischief.
Pain medications were reported stolen from an Evergreen home.
Deputies arrested a man during a DUI traffic stop on Conrad Drive Saturday afternoon.
A guest at a Whitefish Mountain Resort lodge reported a video camera was stolen from the room.
An Amtrak passenger reportedly was disorderly on the train, so police escorted him away from the train station after it arrived at the Whitefish train depot early Sunday.
Horses that reportedly were not being cared for adequately along U.S. 2 west of Kalispell looked fine to the animal control officer who looked into it Sunday afternoon.
Reported harassment of a homeless person walking past a car dealership on U.S. 2 East in Evergreen ended with the harassers being asked to cease and desist and the homeless person leaving the scene.
Deputies received 101 calls for help between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Whitefish police caught up to a 21-year-old man who was spotted spray-painting a couple buildings on Central Avenue without permission about midnight. He was cited for criminal mischief and vandalism.
A church and a home called in reports of broken windows within an hour of each other Sunday morning. At First Baptist Church on U.S. 93 South, somebody broke out a window during attempts to enter the church. At a Somers Avenue home, it appeared to be more a case of criminal mischief than burglary, as several items were in plain view but were not taken.
Girls who tried to sneak out of a house at Second and Spokane drew attention, prompting a 4 a.m. call to police.
Officers received 34 calls for help between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Columbia Falls police made a traffic stop behind a Nucleus Avenue bar about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and arrested a 37-year-old man for DUI.
It was beer that a 28-year-old man reportedly was trying to steal from a supermarket on U.S. 2 West when he was stopped and cited for shoplifting early Sunday.
Officers received 30 calls for help between 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Alarms
Three Rivers EMS took an incoherent woman, possibly suffering from alcohol poisoning, from the parking lot of a bar west of Columbia Falls to North Valley Hospital Saturday night.