Drunk man goes off the rails
A Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputy helped send a drunk man on his way after a Whitefish police officer initially responded to the call at the train station. The police officer reported there was no need for a medical response. The man — who was first reported after he passed out in the train station — just seemed very drunk and didn’t want to respond to the officer.
A Flathead Lake kite surfer who was seen struggling after his kite dropped into the water near Bigfork was reported to the sheriff’s office by several onlookers, but a good Samaritan picked the man up and brought him to shore before deputies could respond.
A Lower Valley Road man reported his neighbor set off a siren while his wife was rounding up her geese the prior evening, causing the geese to startle, scatter and become worried. The man felt it was animal cruelty and wanted it investigated.
A nasty neighbor was reported after he came out of his Smith Lake Road apartment and waved a machete at children playing out front. Another renter confronted the man, who responded by telling the renter to “(expletive) off.”
A Columbia Falls man called with questions after a neighbor cut down his fence while he was out of the state.
A man was advised neither he nor his acquaintances should go onto a West Glacier woman’s property after the woman reported the man threatened her over the phone.
The Kalispell Police Department received a call from an agitated man who tried to chase a bear out of town in his vehicle early Wednesday morning. The man found the bear on Sixth Avenue West shortly before 5 a.m. and eventually chased it to the 1300 block of Fifth Avenue West, where he lost the animal, which he last saw heading east.
A shocked shopper exited a U.S. 93 North store to find the whole front part of her vehicle was totaled, with the lights hanging down and the bumper barely attached, after a hit-and-run accident.
A frustrated Fourth Street West person reported a man left a vehicle in a parking lot at the location, and then dumped out a bunch of garbage — including dead birds that had been shot — before leaving.
A concerned clerk contacted police after at least five boys kept coming in and purchasing three to four of the small bottles of butane lighter fuel at a time until they bought the North Meridian Road store’s entire stock.
A man was arrested after being seen masturbating publicly in Woodland Park.
An officer made a man leave a North Main Street casino while he watched after an employee called police to report the man kept falling asleep at a machine and, while he was not being disorderly, wouldn’t leave.
A gruff girlfriend reported her boyfriend threw a cup of alcohol on her at their Seventh Avenue West home. Both she and her boyfriend had been drinking.
A man was cited and released after stuffing his pants and jacket pockets with candy bars at a U.S. 93 South store.
A Whitefish Police Department officer cleared a cable company employee as “legit” after he was reported behaving suspiciously and standing outside the doors to apartments on Colorado Avenue.
A passenger in a vehicle on U.S. 93 South got a ride home and the driver got a ride to jail following a traffic stop early Wednesday morning.
A maniacal motorist was reported driving down U.S. 93 South, passing several cars in the turn lane then running a red light.
A baffled boater reported his trolling motor fell off, and by the time he turned around to pick it up, someone else had already taken it.
A report of suspicious activity on Central Avenue was passed on to the regional drug task force.