Neighbor part of barking-dog problem

A Foothill Road woman, reported by her neighbors for having a dog that barks all the time, told a Flathead County Sheriff’s deputy that she had bought bark collars for the dogs and was trying to take care of the issue but her neighbor was contributing to the problem by camping along the fenceline and shooting off a gun, causing the dogs to bark.

A house sitter on Renegade Ridge Road called the Sheriff’s Office after the residents’ dog got out of the yard and nearby construction workers picked up the pooch and refused to return it. An animal control officer took the dog and had it checked out by a veterinarian before returning it to its owner.

A man was permanently banned from a U.S. 2 West gas station after having been told multiple times he was not allowed to bring his dog inside and continuing to do so, most recently taking the dog with him into the trucker’s lounge area.

A man was dropped off at his mother’s home after reporting he had been assaulted by the owner of a U.S. 2 West bar, although he was too afraid of retribution to ask for charges to be pressed.

A woman was reported driving an all-terrain vehicle carrying three youths 3 to 12 years old up and down Riley Lane — and none of them were wearing helmets or safety gear.

A new transient camp was reported on cemetery grounds near Conrad Drive.

A drunk man called 911 to report his girlfriend had just stolen his dinner.

Kalispell Police Department officers were unable to locate a man wearing white stockings, a garter belt, exaggerated red lipstick, makeup, a pink shoulder-length wig and black jacket in Lawrence Park.

A man was reported by a mortified mother after he reportedly pulled down his pants while standing at the window of his Second Avenue West home as her children walked by.

A miffed motorist reported a frost heave on Eighth Street East after the bump, which was three feet wide, caused damage to the bottom of her vehicle when she drove over it.

A First Avenue West woman said her house had been broken into “again” and the burglar damaged her door handle, getting her stuck inside the house.

An observant woman walking her dog on Two Mile Drive found a syringe, which she reported promptly to the police.

A boy was reported for stealing a Frisbee golf disc from a Hutton Ranch Road store.

An unknown vandal poured sand into the gas tank of a pickup truck on Velva Drive.

A man was served his warrant and incarcerated at the Whitefish Police Department after driving into a yard on East Second Street. A neighbor said the sweaty and desperate man asked the neighbor for a ride, explaining that he had a traffic warrant.

A Mountain Park Drive man called for help after his wife locked their children in the car.

A flustered Fourth Avenue West woman contacted the Columbia Falls Police Department to report her “crazy neighbor” was beating on her door. A responding officer said the incident was verbal only.

A woman was arrested for drunk driving after multiple motorists reported she kept going off the road, passing unsafely and speeding on Montana 40 West.

A Nucleus Avenue bartender called for help getting a very drunk patron home after she was unable to find him a taxi.