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Boulder-tossing youths apprehended

| March 27, 2012 8:45 PM

An Evergreen man called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after several children threw “boulders” through the back of his bus on West Cottonwood Drive. The man apprehended the children himself, threatening to kick them if they tried to leave before deputies arrived.

People riding a four-wheeler around the school playground in Lakeside  were counseled by deputies after it was reported that they were “tearing around” and almost hit children who were playing.

A report of shots fired near Dorothy Street in Columbia Falls led to the discovery of a man shooting squirrels out of his tree with a pellet gun.

A Columbia Falls woman on Columbia Mountain Road said her brother tried to hit her and threw a fishing reel at her head.

A Flathead County resident reported child pornography on a computer.

A reckless motorist was seen driving a gray Honda Accord down the wrong side of U.S. 93 North in Kalispell.

A man and a woman were apprehended while attempting to shoplift from a business on U.S. 2 East in Kalispell.

Someone tried to pry open the window of a bar on Boon Road in Somers.

A Zimmerman Road resident in Kalispell reported her cat was killed by her neighbor’s dog.

Someone tried to pry open the gas tank cover of a vehicle on Meadow Hills Drive in Kalispell.

A garage and three vehicles were vandalized with spray paint on U.S. 93 South in Lakeside.

A vehicle and a trailer were vandalized on Whalebone Drive in Kalispell.

Someone ran over a mailbox on Solberg Drive in Evergreen.

A house was shot with paintballs on Mission Trail north of Kalispell.

Offensive graffiti was found on a bridge over Ashley Creek on Denver Avenue in Kalispell.

A pull-behind mower was stolen on Aspen Court in Evergreen.

The Kalispell Police Department received a report of four people in their teens and early 20s climbing on railroad cars behind Appleway Drive.

A report of gunshots near Third Avenue East turned out to be children in a storage unit area setting off bottle rockets and other fireworks.

Someone tried to break into a vehicle on East Washington Street.

A camera was stolen on Third Avenue East.

A boy was apprehended trying to shoplift from a store on Hutton Ranch Road.

Cars were egged on Third Avenue East and Seventh Avenue West.

Vehicles were shot with paintballs on Third Avenue East North and U.S. 93 South.

Deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested a person on a warrant for criminal contempt.

Deputies arrested a motorist on U.S. 93 near Olsen Road for refusing sobriety tests.

Officers with the Whitefish Police Department arrested a person while investigating a report of disorderly conduct on U.S. 93 South.

A trooper with the Montana Highway Patrol arrested a person on a warrant for possession of dangerous drugs.