Was mini-chopper spying or just flying?

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a report of suspicious activity after a resident of Oakmont Lane near Columbia Falls said a remote-controlled helicopter equipped with cameras was seen hovering over his property Tuesday at about 8 p.m.

A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Spring Creek Drive.

A teenage boy was accused of assaulting his mother Tuesday at about 10:15 a.m.

Someone on Mountain Meadow Road reported finding a damaged security box in brush.

Theft was alleged on Fourth Street South in Martin City where a man said a 9mm pistol and an AR-15 were stolen, along with some ammunition.

Two bronze sculptures were stolen from a business on Electric Avenue in Bigfork.

A man on West Reserve Drive complained that his former wife pawned the engagement ring he gave her.

A bicycle was stolen from a yard on Jellison Road near Columbia Falls sometime Tuesday night.

Someone took a checkbook from an unlocked vehicle on Montford Road.

The Kalispell Police Department responded after a vehicle collided with a building on Heritage Way Wednesday at about 1:45 p.m. The 83-year-old-woman who was driving the vehicle was not seriously injured. The collision damaged tiles on the outside of the building. The woman was cited for not having insurance.

A woman near Lawrence Park said her 14-year-old daughter ran away and that her friends were harboring her.

On Third Avenue West, a woman said her apparent ex-boyfriend threw all her belongings on a lawn and refused to stop calling her.

An officer gave a ride to a man seen “grunting, making weird noises and stumbling” near Fourth Avenue West at about 9:15 p.m.

Suspicious activity was alleged by a woman who said she was harassed by a group of teenagers near the intersection of Third Street West and South Main Street late Tuesday night.

A man said he was assaulted by two unknown men who punched and kicked him near Woodland Park Drive at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Extra patrols were requested behind a building on North Meridian Road where a caller said youths frequently skateboard and smoke marijuana.

Someone put graffiti on the windows of a business on First Street West. Another report of graffiti was made on North Meridian Road.

A woman was arrested on Third Avenue West after her mother said she was assaulted by her Wednesday at about 9:18 a.m.

Theft of medication was reported on U.S. 93 North by a woman who said she returned home from a shopping trip and noticed pills that had been in her purse were gone.

A woman was accused of stealing her grandmother’s vehicle at a home on Sixth Avenue West.

Two bicycles were reported stolen by someone on Fourth Avenue West.