Man wants payment for good deed

A woman contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to report a cellphone repairman found her phone in a puddle in front of his business, dried it out and repaired it, but refused to give it back unless she paid him for the work. He was advised that he was a nice guy for repairing the phone, but she was under no obligation to pay him. He later returned the phone.

A repo man was hit with a tow strap when the owner of a vehicle he was trying to repossess jumped in and took off. She later returned to the Tall Pine Ridge residence and cooperated.

A distracted driver was reportedly weaving all over the road and driving under the speed limit while either texting or reading an email on her phone.

Deputies were unable to locate anyone inside a Columbia Falls construction business where an alarm continued to go off for three hours and an employee believed someone was hiding on the premises.

A suspicious man was reported for repeatedly showing up at a West Evergreen Drive church and asking to have documents copied.

A 23-year-old man accidentally shot himself in the foot just outside of Columbia Falls.

A pair of boys stole a machete from a business on U.S. 2 East in Kalispell.

Two people were bit by a cat on Fir Lane in Columbia Falls.

A U-Haul truck was burglarized on East Reserve Drive.

Someone siphoned 45 gallons of gas from two trucks on East Reserve Drive.

An underage man dropped beer in a parking lot after stealing it from a business on U.S. 2 East.

A mailbox was smashed on Lone Coyote Trail.

Kalispell Police officers arrested a man for partner or family member assault after he held his ex up against her car, ripped her glasses off, breaking them, and took her 3-year-old son. The child was safely recovered.

A 13-year-old girl reported she was assaulted by a 14-year-old girl at a Northwest Lane school during lunch and that she found footage of the incident on YouTube.

A man was cited and released for shoplifting after trying to escape from a Hutton Ranch Road store. He was captured during his flight by two other men at the scene.

Officers arrested a 24-year-old shoplifter after he tried to hit two employees of the Hutton Ranch Road business.

A concerned person reported a man smoking from a marijuana pipe while driving a car with a small girl in a car seat in the back of the vehicle. Officers were unable to locate the man.

A man reported his daughter was inappropriately touched at school.

A Hawthorn Avenue woman reported a piece of mail containing $150 worth of gift cards was sent to her old address and the new tenant opened the mail and took the cards.

An Eighth Avenue West man reported his car has been getting egged on the street every couple of months.

A Merganser Drive resident reported all four vehicles in his driveway were egged.

Whitefish Police officers responded to a Woodland Place home after the resident reported a man in his early 20s had just walked into her apartment through a sliding glass door and said he was looking for his friends. She said the man seemed drunk and asked if he “could leave the money there.” The man was located and arrested after he was reported trying to get into another apartment.

A Shiloh Avenue resident returned home to find the front door kicked in and several items missing.

An employee at a Lupfer Avenue business reported a customer paid for an item with a check from a closed account and then returned the merchandise the following day for a refund.

A Monterra Avenue resident reported being paid with a fraudulent check after selling furniture online.

A woman turned herself in on a warrant.

Cash was stolen from a vehicle parked at a Baker Avenue bar.

Columbia Falls Police officers apprehended a man driving a vehicle reported stolen in Louisiana.

A customer walked out of a Ninth Street West business without paying.

The Ronan Police Department received a report of assault with a weapon on Second Avenue South West.