'DVD rage' leads to man's arrest
When his “Avatar” DVD wouldn’t play, a man became irate. The 43-year-old apparently started throwing things around the Ashley Lake Road residence, some of which were in the direction of his wife, who called Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. He was arrested for partner or family member assault, criminal endangerment, resisting arrest, destruction of a communication device and privacy in communications.
Neighbors have been throwing garbage in a Mountain View Drive yard, the resident reported to deputies Tuesday afternoon.
Thinking a small dog had been injured by a horse, a Three Mile Drive resident called deputies, who were able to reunite the animal with its owner.
A 9-year-old-child apparently threatened to kill a 10-year-old child at a Dawn Drive residence around 5 p.m. Monday. Deputies counseled them.
A woman in a black Suburban pulled up to a Mont Pac Lane residence Tuesday evening and said she was waiting for her child. The resident didn’t know what she was talking about. The woman then drove off. When deputies learned the woman is from Havre and that the vehicle was rented in Glacier National Park, they weren’t sure what to make of the situation.
Someone keyed a Mercedes parked along U.S. 2 East Tuesday night.
After reporting a woman thought to be stealing groceries, an employee at a Bigfork grocery hung up to chase after her.
A Gunsight Loop resident feels threatened by the man who comes onto his property to cut dandelions. This is an ongoing problem. Deputies offered advice.
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks will handle the report of three grizzly bears seen along South Fork Road Tuesday night.
A 14-year-old girl told deputies her 15-year-old step-brother punched her in the face and also hit his sister in the stomach at a Conrad Drive basketball court around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies referred the matter to the parents.
Five kids were in a Second Avenue South pasture around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, chasing dairy goats and a horse.
The injured osprey found near Angel Point around 10 p.m. Tuesday was taken to a wildlife rehabilitation expert.
Her drunk husband threw a pillow at her and held her down, a woman told deputies soon after midnight Tuesday. The man called a few minutes later to say she was the one causing the disturbance and that she was on drugs. He then left the Old Paint Road residence.
Although a concerned citizen got the license plate number of a man who apparently dumps raw sewage at a container site near Ashley Lake, the plate didn’t match any records. Deputies need more information to investigate further.
Deputies received 158 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A 12-year-old boy left on foot after apparently stealing three one-dollar bills from a tip jar at a business on Fifth Avenue West and Center around 4 p.m. Tuesday. Kalispell Police cited him for theft, and he has a week to appear in youth court.
While cleaning a Two Mile Drive residence Tuesday afternoon, someone found a bag with blood on it and notified police, who determined it was not of evidentiary value.
Two teen boys seen throwing rocks at geese at Woodland Park were gone when officers arrived.
Officers are investigating a report of jewelry stolen from a Pintail Court residence.
Officers received 62 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Whitefish Police received 26 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Columbia Falls Police are investigating a reported theft of fishing equipment and damage to a boat at a Fourth Avenue East North residence Wednesday morning.
Officers received 17 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Alarms
Kalispell Ambulance was dispatched to the snoring man who wouldn’t wake up when found on the back porch of a Seventh Avenue West residence around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. When he was finally roused, he refused transport.