Homewrecking peacocks reported

A pack of problematic peacocks were reported to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Department by a Lakeside resident, who reported the birds had been showing up, had since had babies and were now tearing up the Stoner Creek Road property. He was advised that county animal control officers don’t deal with peacocks and was given the phone number of a wildlife control specialist for suggestions on how to keep them off his property.

A Bigfork resident on Golf Terrace reported U.S. Postal Service representatives went door-to-door in Eagle Bend advising that mail had been found outside the boxes and to call and report the incident to police in case something was determined to have been stolen.

A Springwood Lane resident reported she left her door unlocked when she left home earlier that day, and when she returned home the front door was open and someone had gone through everything in the whole house.

A trio of over-confidant preteens were reported playing chicken with vehicles on U.S. 2 East, running out into the middle of the road and standing in the turn lane before running back to the side of the road.

A man had to be held to the ground by his brother and employees of a U.S. 2 West bar after the man punched a hole in the ceiling of the bar and was thrown out. He was arrested on several preliminary charges, including violating his probation, and was incarcerated in the Flathead County Detention Center.

A Columbia Falls-area man reported his belief that his son is involved in a methamphetamine drug ring after the son stole $4,000 from a neighbor.

A U.S. 2 West man reported a man broke into his house and stole markers and cameras, and that the man had been stealing from him for weeks.

A dispatcher called a Springwood Lane resident back after a 911 hangup and reported hearing the resident say “Guess what, I just called 911 and they are calling me back!”

A mortified mother reported her ex made a drug deal right in front of her while she was picking up her daughter.

A bag of either methamphetamine or cocaine was found in a U.S. 2 East parking lot.

Someone stole $500 in cash from an employee of a Montana 35 business in Bigfork.

A pair of inmates at the Flathead County Detention Center got into a fight.

A passing motorist went through residents’ mailboxes on Foothill Road.

A guest house on Rocky Woods Lane in Bigfork was burglarized.

A window was broken out of a home on U.S. 2 East.

A man on U.S. 93 South was warned by a Whitefish Police Department officer for soliciting and sent on his way.

A report to the Columbia Falls Police Department of a person blowing a whistle at a Ninth Street West cemetery was determined to be unfounded.

When a man was called back after pocket dialing 911, he said he was a grocery store. He also sounded drunk.