Hysterical girl apprehended, warned

A concerned Helena Flats Road resident contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to report a vehicle going by her house multiple times honking its horn. She said she heard a girl crying inside the vehicle and screaming, “Stop the car, I’m going to drive this car in the river.” A deputy later located the vehicle in the middle of a pasture with the doors open, and determined the incident was verbal only. The girl was advised of a warrant for her arrest.

A thoughtful paperboy flagged down a deputy to get help for a man on College Avenue who had fallen down and was bloody. The man was given assistance and later transported to the hospital by ambulance.

Three cows were seen along Montana 82 on the outside of a fence, trying to find a way back in.

A pint-sized pooch led to several complaints on Cynthia Drive, where a resident said an aggressive Pomeranian was coming after children.

A Lone Star Trail man reported his neighbor’s son shot his dog with a BB gun. He said he had filed for a restraining order against the boy and his father, but that it hadn’t yet been ruled on by a judge.

A citizen called to complain about all the homeless camps along Rails to Trails. It was noted that the camps are all abandoned.

A drunken driver was reported by a frustrated motorist on Montana 35, who reported the drunk had pulled out in front of him at a bar on the road and was all over the road all the way to Columbia Falls Stage Road.

A fed-up Third Avenue South resident in Hungry Horse complained that youths were constantly racing motorcycles up and down Mountain Drive, Canyon Road and South Fork. The resident didn’t want to put up with it anymore.

A concerned resident contacted the Kalispell Police Department to report a couple of guys, possibly up to no good, who might be starting to make trouble in the neighborhood. The accused troublemakers were warned about their activities in the parking lot, where they were sitting in a van.

A pair of drunken men were reported harassing female joggers on Fourth Avenue West, asking them — in slurred speech — if they wanted a ride.

A distraught person reported being “called some awful names by a panhandler carrying a pickle.”

A pair of ne’er-do-well girls were apprehended, although a boy escaped, after they stole sidewalk chalk from children in the area and used it to draw graffiti.

An employee at a U.S. 2 West business clocked out with his fist after being fired, breaking the time clock.

Several employees at an East Idaho Street business reported receiving threatening phone calls at work.

A boozed-up bigot gone bonkers was arrested by Whitefish Police officers after he was reported standing out on his Idaho Avenue deck, screaming “death to all children” and racial epithets against African-Americans, threatening to kill both groups. He had previously caused trouble for Kalispell police, who dealt with him shortly after he was released from jail. He had been on Ninth Street East yelling obscenities at drivers trying to get money and a ride to Whitefish and was later reported lingering outside a South Main Street bank.

A teen couple who were new parents were counseled by officers after the mother reported the father pushed her into a door and later refused to give the child back.

A train-instigated traffic jam was reported to the Columbia Falls Police Department by a motorist who said at least 100 vehicles were backed up on the highway.

A creepy hanger-on was reported at a Ninth Street West restaurant, where an employee reported the man showed up alone every night just before closing. The employee was concerned that the man might be stalking the waitresses.