Girl, 10, says man tried to force her into car

Local law enforcement officers were told to look for an armed man who attempted to kidnap a 10-year-old girl. The man, possibly in his 30s with brown hair and a brown beard, approached the girl and tried to convince her to come with him, threatening to kill her family if she did not comply. The girl ran away from the man and escaped into a restaurant. The man is reported to have had a gun and been driving a small blue hatchback with a black stripe down the center of the hood and red fuzzy dice hanging on the rear-view mirror. Brown bottles, possibly beer bottles, were seen on the floorboard.

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office was called to help deal with a squatter on Farm to Market Road in Whitefish. The owner had allowed the man to stay at the home at first, but believes the man may have stolen his furnishings and firearms. He later confirmed his air compressor and flat-screen television had been pawned, and that at least one firearm had been taken.

A resident of Steel Bridge Road in Creston was blown away (no, not literally) when his son found nine sticks of dynamite.

The owner of several horses on Whitefish Stage Road in Whitefish reported she was feeling harassed after two people have reported her for animal cruelty since Saturday. Both reports were deemed to be unfounded.

A pair of youths were reported speeding through a Columbia Falls neighborhood on all-terrain vehicles.

Someone attempted to break into a home on Farm to Market Road in Kalispell by trying to pry open a window with a screwdriver.

An Essex woman reported her granddaughter was stealing money from her.

A pair of reports of a man taking pictures of dogs on Garland Street led the Kalispell Police Department to the man’s home. He told them the dogs bark all the time and he was collecting evidence for a civil lawsuit. He was warned he would be cited for trespassing if he returned to the properties.

An unlucky motorist’s vehicle was burglarized for the third time in a year and a half, this time on Third Avenue East, where change was stolen and the car was ransacked.

A high school student was captured on video stealing six drinks from a vending machine on Wolfpack Way. The suspect is currently on probation.

Gas cans were stolen from a shed on Fifth Avenue West North.

A bicycle was stolen from the gated back porch of a home on Seventh Avenue East.

Change was stolen from a garage on Fourth Avenue East.

Tires were stolen from behind a garage on First Avenue East North.

A landlord called the Columbia Falls Police Department to report someone kicked in the door to a rental unit on Martha Road and stole several items.

A theft was reported on 13th Street West.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested a person on Pache Lane on a warrant for assaulting a police officer.

A person was found in possession of dangerous drugs on U.S. 93.

The Polson Police Department arrested a person on a warrant for criminal contempt.