Thief leaves own keys in stolen car

Kalispell Police officers located a vehicle that was taken from a home on West Washington Street less than two hours after it was stolen. The owner said he had left the keys on the seat. Later, the owner found the unknown suspect’s keys in the vehicle and said he would drive around looking for the owner by using the remote control on the key ring.

A woman barred from a business on Hutton Ranch Road for alleged shoplifting was escorted off the premises after she entered holding a young baby.

A dog reported stolen from a vehicle on U.S. 93 North was found in the parking lot.

Child abuse was alleged on Third Avenue East North after a caller claimed a woman was slapping children and locking them inside a vehicle.

On Indian Trail Road, a woman said she was getting threatening text messages from a man whose house was recently raided by law enforcement.

A man was allowed to leave a business on Hutton Ranch Road after he was initially questioned as a suspect in the theft of an Airsoft gun that was stolen on Tuesday.

Youths were seen attempting to enter vehicles on First Avenue East.

Someone was seen sleeping in Woodland Park at about 4 a.m. Friday. The person was asked to move along.

Someone egged a vehicle on Eighth Avenue West.

A woman on Ponderosa Street claimed that a man “assaulted her hands” while attempting to take a phone from her.

A caller on Fifth Avenue West said a plane was flying too low and causing a noise disturbance.

The owner of a home on Garland Street reported finding a broken window and blood on the floor Friday afternoon. He said his home has been burglarized before.

License plates were stolen off a vehicle parked on South Meridian Road.

Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies investigated a report of suspicious activity from a man on U.S. 93 South near Whitefish who said his window “exploded” as he drove past a business that sells guns and ammunition. He said there were also dents in his door.

The owner of a Ford Mustang said he discovered it was stolen while it was parked near Montana 35 early Thursday morning. He later found the vehicle near Springcreek Road with a shattered windshield.

A woman stole three beers from a business on U.S. 2 East Thursday afternoon.

Deputies responded to a physical disturbance on Montana 35, where a man claimed he was assaulted by his wife. He said she was “going ballistic” and he would be forced to assault her if deputies didn’t respond. The feuding couple was separated when deputies arrived.

Jumper cables and a bungee cord were taken from a vehicle on Harmony Court.

Some used spray paint to write profanities on the walls of a school on West Evergreen Drive.

A lieutenant at Washington’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord reported that a soldier who is absent without leave was possibly in the Flathead County area.

A man was cited, released and told not to come back to a business on U.S. 2 East after he was caught shoplifting.

A trailer was reported stolen by a resident of Florence Acres Way near Columbia Falls.

On West Cottonwood Drive, a caller said a black Pomeranian dog growled and charged someone.

Someone rifled through several vehicles parked on Harmony Road.

A young boy was reportedly bitten by a dog at an RV park on U.S. 2 East in Essex.

A man allegedly attempted to “hot wire” and steal his wife’s vehicle in Montana 35 in Bigfork.