Police decline to take man to jail

The Whitefish Police Department denied a wheelchair-bound man’s request that he be taken to jail and issued him a citation for being disorderly near U.S. 93 South. He later allegedly rammed into someone’s legs with his wheelchair on Spokane Avenue, removed the screws holding a license plate on a vehicle and made threats of violence before leaving the area.

Officers conducted extra patrols on Somers Avenue after a woman reported an unknown person was banging on her door.

A burglary was reported on North Prairiesmoke Circle.

Kalispell Police Department officers arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol after he collided with a telephone pole on Montana 35.

On Third Avenue West, a woman reported finding a note on her property that said “shut your (expletive) dog up or it’s going to get rat poison.”

Three men were seen using binoculars to look in a business on South Main Street, but they were gone when officers arrived.

A man was reported as suspicious for selling meat door-to-door on Seventh Avenue West.

When a pitbull wandered into a yard on Rosewood Drive, the owners of the property fed it and gave it a blanket.

Someone broke a window and stomped on the roof of a vehicle parked at a business on U.S. 93 North.

A 27-year-old man was arrested on a warrant after a party was reported at a home on Glenwood Drive.

A drunk man allegedly vandalized the bathroom of a business on U.S. 93 South.

A sober driver was called for a woman seen stumbling near her vehicle on Second Avenue East.

A group of bar patrons on Montana 35 were reported for yelling in what appeared to be a precursor to a fight, but there was nothing amiss when officers checked the business.

Someone on Buffalo Stage Road reported that money and an iPod were stolen from an unlocked vehicle.

Two trees were damaged on Third Street West after a vehicle apparently struck them and drove away.

An intoxicated man was removed from a home on Tenth Avenue West after the tenant said he didn’t want the man there.

A vehicle was egged on Liberty Street.