Violent offender claims not guilty of rape

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received an unusual call from a man who said he was sorry and that he called earlier, but that he was not the person who raped the 14-year-old in Whitefish and that he was going to call his mother, who he said was on the governor’s committee. The man did not answer when called back, and he was found to be a registered violent offender for second degree murder.

A resident of Parliament Drive reported their neighbors for piling up garbage along their fence. It had been a problem before and the residents of the offending property were told to get the trash removed within two weeks or they would be cited.

A woman reported she believed her estranged husband tried to break into her Cayuse Lane home, where someone had tampered with her window screens.

A television, camera bag, DVD player, computer, camera equipment and other items were stolen from a locked storage unit on U.S. 2 East in Kalispell. The renter of the storage unit said it seemed like the person had a key to the unit.

A woman reported her son threw a rock through a car window and now was getting harassed by the principal about sending him to jail.

A roughly 60-year-old transient entered a home on Dorothy Street in Columbia Falls without permission.

A Remington rifle was stolen from a home on Third Avenue South in Hungry Horse.

Someone broke into a home on Fifth Avenue South in Hungry Horse and stole several items.

A motorist was seen spinning brodies on School Addition Road.

Batteries were stolen out of equipment on Airport Way.

Officers with the Kalispell Police Department were called out to Seventh Street East, where a resident asked several young men to be quiet and they threatened to blow up his house. The resident said he believed they were empty threats, as the men were so drunk they could hardly stand. He followed them while waiting for police and was hit in the face by one of the men.

A group of 15 men were reported for being loud outside a building on Second Avenue West and that there were cars racing up and down the street and loud music playing, an ongoing problem every Friday.

A First Avenue West resident reported a man in her backyard who would not leave. She was worried he was waiting for someone to come inside so he could follow them in.

A group of youths were told to go home by an officer who saw them having a boxing match in the middle of Hilltop Avenue.

A youth was reported setting off fireworks in an alley near Fifth Street West.

A man was arrested on a warrant after he was taken into custody by a bail bondsman on Hutton Ranch Road.

A man was arrested on Fourth Street West for driving under the influence.

A youth stole cigarettes from a purse on Liberty Street.

Someone smashed a window on a car on Whitebark Lane.

Officers with the Columbia Falls Police Department shot an agitated man with rocks in his hand with a Taser, hitting him in the head, on South Veteran Drive.

Two youths were arrested after six or seven of them were reported drinking and smoking on Seventh Street West.

A concerned woman reported her 12-year-old granddaughter was threatened at school.

A wallet and cell phone were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Eighth Street East.