Thieves get off to busy start for week
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received several reports of thefts and burglaries across the valley on Monday.
Tools were stolen from a home under construction on Gleneagles Trail in Columbia Falls.
Several items were stolen when a home on Montana 35 was burglarized.
Copper wire was stolen on Halfmoon Road in Columbia Falls.
A grinder and other items were stolen from a storage unit on U.S. 93 South in Kalispell.
Snowmobiles were stolen on U.S. 93 West in Whitefish.
Hunting clothes were stolen from a camper in the driveway of a Somerset Drive home.
Someone rummaged through a vehicle on West Cottonwood Drive.
Deputies were unable to locate a group of methamphetamine-smoking transients camping in a Winnebago on U.S. 2 East in Columbia Falls.
A student’s parents were contacted by the superintendent of a lower valley school after the 12-year-old was found to have a knife under four inches in length. The student had not used the knife at the school.
A large “wolf-type-looking dog” dragging a chain got into chickens on North Fork Road in Columbia Falls, then took two of the chickens when it left.
An observant businessperson found a bunch of brand new electronics in a trash can, which he believed had been stolen from somewhere and then stashed in the can.
A group of teenagers were spinning brodies in a parking lot on U.S. 93 South in Kalispell.
A vandal slashed seven tires on four vehicles on U.S. 2 West in Columbia Falls.
The Kalispell Police Department dealt with two reports of unruly drunken men between 5 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. on Monday.
A drunk man angry at the world was reported standing on the corner of Fourth Avenue East North and East Washington Street screaming at people and making obscene gestures.
A poor drunk man was reportedly asking people for money and throwing shopping carts around at a business on West Idaho Street.
The department also responded to multiple calls regarding 15-year-olds.
A 15-year-old girl was transported to the hospital after she was reported to be lying on the lawn outside an Empire Loop home going through drug withdrawal.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested after failing to show up for a meeting with family services.
A 15-year-old girl was arrested after assaulting her mother on Fifth Avenue East.
A police officer who was called to Seventh Street West for a report of someone throwing snowballs at cars was unable to find anyone throwing any snowballs — or, for that matter, any snow.
A “suspicious pungent odor” led police to a sport utility vehicle parked near the entrance to the hospital. The vehicle was unoccupied but looked like someone had been living inside.
A pair of girls were caught shoplifting at a U.S. 93 South store.
A vehicle was burglarized on Sunny View Lane.
A backpack was stolen on Fourth Avenue West.
Drill bits and other items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Windward Loop.
Medication was stolen on Sixth Avenue West.
A brief investigation by Whitefish Police Department officers revealed that a suspicious man standing in a Haugen Heights driveway was a landlord who had mistakenly gone to the wrong house.
A Big Sky businessman trying to avoid a big soak requested additional patrols on Central Avenue after the bars close down because bar patrons had been urinating in front of his store “for the past few years.”
An iPhone 3 was stolen from a locker room on East Fourth Street.
The Columbia Falls Police Department received a report of theft on A Street East North.
Polson Police Department officers arrested a motorist on Seventh Avenue for failing to properly register his or her vehicle.
A theft was reported on Mission View Drive.