Alert nose uncovers marijuana shipment
The Kalispell Police Department was called after someone attempted to mail a package full of marijuana at a shipping business on Hutton Ranch Road. An employee thought the package smelled odd, opened it and discovered the marijuana.
A parent reported a newspaper photographer as suspicious after he asked two girls if he could take their photograph on Northwest Lane.
A 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were arrested for shoplifting at a business on Hutton Ranch Road. Two girls were arrested for shoplifting hours later at the same business.
A wallet was reported stolen from a shopping cart at a business on Hutton Ranch Road. A purse with $260 inside was stolen from a cart at a business on U.S. 93 North.
Someone on Wolfpack Way reported a truck stolen, but later realized it was parked elsewhere.
Someone reported a credit card stolen on East Washington Street.
A 17-year-old girl reported as a runaway on Griz Lane was found in Oklahoma.
Three boys were told to stay off the roof of a building on Third Street West after someone said they were trespassing there.
A hit-and-run collision was reported near the intersection of Whitefish Stage Road and Fairway Boulevard.
A boy on Northwest Lane was taken to juvenile detention after he allegedly authored a note threatening other students.
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office cited a man for criminal mischief after he allegedly used his vehicle to ram through a gate on Saint Andrews Road near Columbia Falls and illegally accessed the property.
An iPod Touch was reported stolen from the locker room of a school in Bigfork.
Fraudulent bank charges were reported on Sunrise Creek Drive near Columbia Falls.
A burglary was reported on Kelly Road after someone gained access to a garage through a window.
Someone reported a wallet lost after leaving it on top of their car on Montclair Drive and driving away.
An online review of a CD was reported after a caller on Shady Lane said it included inappropriate references to young children.
A man accused woman of throwing a rock at his truck during an argument on Gosney Crossroad near Columbia Falls.
Callers on Nicholson Drive and Haskill Basin Road both said someone was stealing gasoline from their vehicles.
A woman on U.S. 93 South near Whitefish said a neighbor’s dog attacked her three times, though it didn’t bite her.
An employer on Dern Road received a threatening letter from a former employee.
A burglary was reported at a home on Oakmont Loop near Columbia Falls, but nothing appeared to be missing.
Two hunters were driven home from Red Meadow Road near Polebridge after their vehicle became stuck in the snow.
The Whitefish Police Department determined that a vehicle reported stolen on Wisconsin Avenue was actually taken by the owner’s ex-girlfriend. Since both their names were on the registration, it wasn’t actually stolen.
A pickup truck collided with garbage cans on Whitefish Avenue, then drove away.
A man was removed from a bar on Central Avenue after earlier being banned for inappropriate conduct.