Driver intercepts Jamaica-bound check

A Florida FedEx employee looking out for the company’s customers contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after intercepting a piece of mail from a Columbia Falls resident containing $76,000 on its way to Jamaica. The employee wanted to ensure the person who sent the money had “all his senses” and that the person wasn’t being taken in by a scam.

The sender’s family was provided with contact information for a lottery scam phone line, and his wife was advised to be extremely careful about sending money to unknown people. Once the sender is cleared of any criminal activity, the money he sent — which was initially sent along to the Drug Enforcement Agency in case it was connected with drug trafficking — will be returned to him.

A pilot on final approach to Glacier Park International Airport approximately 11 miles southwest of the facility reported a laser being aimed at the aircraft.

A manic motorist in a pickup truck was reported passing people at more than 100 mph on U.S. 93 South.

A bear with a “mangled” back leg was seen on a beach near Belton Stage Road in West Glacier, but it was gone by the time a person from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks made it to the scene.

A motorist looking for a bigger kick than caffeine spun brodies around a Woodland Park Drive coffee kiosk.

A long-haired man in a banged-up car was seen pouring himself a mixed drink at a gas station on Montana 209 in Bigfork.

An overturned, abandoned, bright green kayak was found stuck on some rocks on the Swan River near Bigfork Canyon Road.

A report to the Kalispell Police Department of flames coming out of a chimney at a Northridge Drive church turned out to be coming from the chimney at an adjacent funeral home, the owner of which reported they were cremating a very large body, which was putting off a lot of smoke and flame.

A Second Avenue West man’s suspicions were raised when he kept smelling gas in the area after the gas company already had been by. It was eventually discovered to be an even worse problem — his neighbor’s trailer was leaking raw sewage right next to his fence.

A Ridgeview Drive man’s ex-wife showed up at their daughter’s birthday party, where she ended up getting into a fight and throwing a stereo at the daughter, destroying it.

A man just trying to make it into his home with his groceries accidentally dialed 911.

A pushy panhandler was warned of the upcoming panhandling ordinance after trying to get money from a motorist by jumping in front of their vehicle.

An Appleway Drive woman’s boyfriend peeled out in front of police and fled the area, possibly headed out of the county, after assaulting her.

Whitefish Police officers arrested a woman on a felony warrant after leaving with her 3-year-old daughter, of whom she did not have custody. The woman was also seen briefly holding a large kitchen knife while walking with the girl on East Second Street.

A man reported being harassed by a group of roughly 50 panhandlers who told him they were “Rainbow people” who were camping a couple of blocks from a nearby supermarket.

An officer commented that a report of a West Eighth Street resident who scared off two young boys peeking through the resident’s windows possibly involved “teens who have a love interest in the area.”

A person was booked and released after officers responded to a Central Avenue bar where three youths were trying to fight with a bouncer.

An officer out with a pair of men in an alley near Spokane Avenue reported the men were stumbling home.