Dogs save woman in home invasion

A shaken Lone Pine Road woman indebted to her pet dogs contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after a man broke into her home. The man climbed in through the kitchen window and opened the door to her bedroom, where she was. Her dogs then ran after him, and he fled through the front door. She described the man as white, possibly between the ages of 18 and 25, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and with a heavier build.

A vindictive spurned lover tried to get back at her ex-boyfriend by reporting he had assaulted her and left lumps on her head. An investigating deputy discovered the woman had been harassing him ever since he broke up with her a few days earlier, repeatedly showing up at his home and once forcing her way in when he opened the door. She became irate when the deputy would not arrest her ex-boyfriend, instead banning her from the man’s home and his friend’s home and warning her about making false reports.

A Pheasant Drive woman reported her belief that her downstairs neighbors were smoking marijuana, because she could smell a strong odor. She also said the smell was bothering her because she is allergic to marijuana.

A concerned passerby reported a baby locked in a vehicle that was not running. There were no windows down, and the passerby said the baby had been buckled in a car seat for more than 10 minutes on Creston Hatchery Road. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said an ambulance was dispatched out of concern for the child’s health, but that the child was fine.

A Glacier National Park representative reported a man was assaulted in the park by a woman with a pipe.

A woman at a Provence Lane property in Marion was advised to speak with staff about helping youths dial out to lessen the amount of accidental 911 calls.

An animal control officer will be asking for one count of animal cruelty to be filed against a youth on Whitefish Stage Road in Kalispell who shot and killed a dog with a .357 magnum revolver, although the youth claimed it was an accident. He had been watching the dog for a person who is out of the state.

A meandering moose was seen running along Cemetery Road toward U.S. 93.

The Kalispell Police Department is continuing to follow up on an assault that occurred on Sixth Avenue East after a man’s dog chased his neighbor’s cat. The victim reported that following the feline pursuit, his neighbor came over with a bat and hit him in the face.

A pair of ne’er-do-wells displayed their poor behavior in front of children Thursday. A woman in her 20s was apprehended trying to shoplift from a Hutton Ranch Road store while accompanied by a child, and a man was arrested on Ninth Street East after failing a breath-alcohol test. He had several children in the car with him.

A wary East Oregon Street man found an X-Acto knife and a coin wedged into his garage door. He said this had occurred multiple times and believed it may have been a booby trap.

A Liberty Street man furious over being fired from an East Idaho Street business was reported to police for threatening to assault his now-former employer. The man already has a local warrant for destroying state property.

A woman was given a second chance when officers released her after initially arresting her at a First Avenue East North store, where she tried to return items she did not have receipts for.

An officer was unable to locate a group of youths egging vehicles on U.S. 93 South at Kelly Road.

Just one day after receiving a report of men in their 20s asking if there were any teenagers there and looking for a place for Estonian foreign-exchange teenagers to stay, the Whitefish Police Department received a report from a Fairway Close resident who said a man with a Russian accent showed up at the a friend’s home, claiming he was a foreign-exchange student checking to see if any children live there. He said a school had sent him to find homes that had children.

A mistaken Idaho Avenue man reported his neighbor cursed at him and refused to move a boat after the man told the neighbor it couldn’t be parked there. The man later was advised that the boat was actually on the proper property, and that it was his car that was incorrectly parked, obstructing the boat.

A resident at the end of his rope reported youths and adults playing loud music, firing BB guns and setting off fireworks for five days straight on Patton Lane.

A frightened Baker Avenue woman twice reported a suspicious man wearing dark clothing in the alley behind her house, staring at her and acting suspiciously. During her second call, she was advised not to call 911 unless she had a true emergency.

A pair of pushy, rude women were reported selling cleaning products on West Eighth Street. The resident shared her consternation with how she should handle the people.