Couple having bad hare day go 'ballistic'

An Ezy Drive resident having a bad hare day contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to report that her neighbors had between 30 to 40 rabbits that were not contained and were damaging her property. She said she had tried to trap them unsuccessfully and that she and her husband had resorted to shooting them.

An unusually large cat problem was reported on West Evergreen Drive, where a resident reported a pet bobcat belonging to a neighbor had wandered into the yard and that it was very “growly,” and unable to be contained.

A runner with quick reflexes had to jump over a guard rail on JP Road after a motorist nearly hit him.

A violent man apparently confirmed another man’s need for a restraining order after telling him that if he went through with obtaining the order he would “snap his neck.”

A vandal threw a rock through the front window of a salon on U.S. 2 East in Kalispell.

Someone tried to kick in the door of a trailer on U.S. 93 South in Whitefish.

The Kalispell Police Department received two reports of people announcing that they wanted to commit a crime.

The first report came when a man told an employee of a U.S. 93 South business that he wanted to steal a pack of gum. The employee then asked him to leave.

The second report came in just 40 minutes later, when a man was picked up by police and transported to the emergency room for a mental health evaluation after he said he wanted to be arrested so he didn’t hurt anyone because he hears voices in his head telling him to kill people.

Whitefish Police Department officers had to deal with a group of transients and their pit bulls twice in 40 minutes Monday morning on Central Avenue.

The first call reported the dogs tied up outside of a restaurant, while the second call reported them in front of a bar and trying to start fights with people. The second caller said one of the transients said she wanted him to “throw the first punch so she could kick [my] teeth in.”

The transients were advised to move along and take their dogs with them.

Despite telling dispatchers that there was “blood everywhere,” the parent of an 8-year-old boy said there was no need for medical response after the boy was beat up at school.

A Shiloh Avenue resident reported someone tried to get inside his home on Friday. He was told by police to call when it’s happening next time.

A pair of sneaky teens were reported to the Columbia Falls Police Department after they were spotted smoking in a castle playset at a church day care on Seventh Street West.