Vigilant mom reports possible drug dealer
An inquisitive Columbia Falls mother reported a phone number to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after calling several numbers in her son’s phone and then receiving text messages from a number she called asking if she wanted to buy drugs. She told a dispatcher she thought the information might be helpful in catching a drug dealer.
A pair of third-graders found a homemade bong constructed from a pop bottle and an ink pen next to a school on Helena Flats Road and turned it in to the principal.
A not-quite-effective shoplifter was caught on video stealing from a U.S. 2 East business in Kalispell, which also had a copy of the shoplifter’s driver’s license.
An unknown person picked the wrong driveway to linger in on Ferndale Drive in Bigfork. The resident, an armed ex-law enforcement officer, said it was too dark to describe the vehicle or see who was inside.
A concerned motorist reported a bunch of people in a white van with international plates traveling north on U.S. 93 South in Whitefish, and that its occupants were drinking beer and throwing their cans from the vehicle.
An all-terrain vehicle, tires and wheels were stolen from a Cayuse Lane home.
A Park Avenue resident reported her belief that her husband’s daughter was stealing from the home.
Men wearing dark clothing were reported throwing rocks at trailers and vehicles on Cynthia Drive.
A man turned himself in on a felony warrant.
An apparent misunderstanding led to a response by the Kalispell Police Department Thursday. A man reported seeing another man taking pictures of little girls at a DVD rental machine, then doing the same thing at a machine at a different location.
The man in question called police on his own to report being harassed by several men. He said he was texting while looking for a movie to rent and they were staring at him, then followed him to another location, where they almost rammed him, then confronted him and asked for his name.
A forgetful mother jumped into her vehicle with her child inside on Claremont Street and quickly drove off after a passerby reported she had left the 2-year-old child alone in the vehicle for more than an hour.
A tour bus slammed into the back of a sport utility vehicle on Second Street West, knocking one of the side mirrors off the vehicle.
A pair of boys were seen fighting on North Main Street.
A man was reported being loud and saying vulgar things in a First Avenue East North supermarket.
A wallet was stolen at a Third Avenue East North store.
The Whitefish Police Department handled two dog defecation calls Thursday afternoon.
An irate Stumptown Loop resident complained that a woman allowed her dog to defecate in the resident’s yard. When the resident offered to give the woman a bag to pick up the feces, the woman refused and called the resident a “stupid tourist.” The woman was later warned of the city ordinance by an officer.
A Kalispell Avenue woman reported several neighbors in a nearby triplex were not picking up after their dogs, allowing them to defecate on the sidewalk and in her yard. She said they also did not leash the dogs when they had them outside.
A flustered motorist reported passing another vehicle on Big Mountain road, throwing up a rock that broke the vehicle’s windshield. The driver of that vehicle followed the motorist to Baker Avenue, where he got out of his car and kicked a hole in the motorist’s taillight.
A Lupfer Avenue resident reported a man living in the home in exchange for doing chores was stealing vitamins, medicine and food.
An upset soon-to-be-divorced Nucleus Avenue man contacted the Columbia Falls Police Department to report his wife logged into his bank account online and took out money.
A very elderly motorist struck a post and the sign at a Nucleus Avenue supermarket with his vehicle.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an assault with a weapon on Pablo West Road.
A burglary was reported at a cafe.