Woman leaps from rolling truck
Jumping from a moving truck, a woman broke her leg Friday afternoon. After her old Ford pickup lost power at the top of Sheep Herder Hill and began to roll backward, the 27-year-old woman became afraid and bailed. The truck ran off the road, took out part of a fence and came to a stop after hitting a tree. It sustained no damage, according to the Montana Highway Patrol. The woman was transported to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
Convenience store employees became worried Thursday night after a man, who appeared intoxicated, spent quite a while in a bathroom. After the man finally emerged, he left behind a bottle of prescription medication. The man was located later at a nearby bar on Woodland Park Drive and his medication was returned to him.
Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies were unable to locate the drunk, 300 pound man who reportedly attacked a woman at a Shadow Lane residence around 9:48 p.m. Thursday.
Finding pornographic images of a suspicious nature on a computer at a Wildebeest Lane residence, a woman spoke with deputies.
An empty safe with a broken lock was found discarded along Political Hill Road Friday afternoon.
Kids were playing basketball in the middle of McCaffery Road around 3 p.m. Friday.
Deputies received 112 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Two men left an East Idaho restaurant without paying their $20.86 tab around 3:30 a.m. Friday. When Kalispell Police contacted one of the suspects, he reportedly hung up on the officer. The man then called back and confessed to dining and dashing, promising to go back and pay for the meal.
Decorative rocks were stolen from the flower beds of a house on Iris Court Friday afternoon.
Kids were seen hanging out in the parking lot and on the roof of a building near the chamber of commerce Friday afternoon. Officers spoke with a boy, who said he climbed on the roof to retrieve a hacky sack.
Police arrested a 20-year-old woman for shoplifting cough medication from a grocery on U.S. 93 South around 7:24 p.m. Thursday.
At a park on Woodland Park Drive, both the men’s and women’s restroom were occupied with people sleeping in them. The transients were counseled.
A 40-year-old man was arrested for partner or family member assault, resisting arrest, possession of dangerous drugs and disorderly conduct after he apparently punched a woman in the face at a Sixth Street West residence Thursday night.
A skinny man wearing glasses who rides a bike has reportedly been following a teenager around after school.
Officers received 79 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Columbia Falls Police are investigating a sexual harassment incident that occurred at a fast food restaurant on U.S. 2 East Friday morning.
The boat reported stolen from a First Street West North residence around 3:47 p.m. Thursday turned out to be a civil issue.
A black Labrador Retreiver puppy found along Circle Drive was taken to the shelter Thursday afternoon.
Officers received 24 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Whitefish Police received 12 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Alarms
Kids swinging torches in the air around a burning barrel were counseled by Evergreen Fire Rescue Thursday evening.
Creston Fire Department extinguished a two-acre grass fire along Creston Hatchery Road around 1 p.m. Friday.
A 12-year-old who suffered a possible shoulder injury and spine tenderness from an on-mountain incident was taken to North Valley Hospital around 2:13 p.m. Friday.