Fireworks luckily don't escalate into gunfire

A furious Fourth Avenue South man in Hungry Horse contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office when he tried to drive into his parking spot and was threatened by partygoers at his neighbor’s house. He told a dispatcher that he was going to arm himself for protection from the partiers, and requested a call before deputies arrived so he could put the gun away. He later called back and said his neighbors were now shooting fireworks at his house. The neighbors were later advised to take up their issues with the landlord when they were all sober.

A burst pipe led a U.S. 2 East business to locate a hole in the floor that went into their crawlspace, where they found hidden items, possibly placed there by someone who removed skirting to access it. They figured that the pipes froze because of that activity and that the items had been placed there some time ago.

A Wishart Road man called 911 wanting to speak to the mayor of Kalispell, saying it was a “political emergency.” He was told to call a non-emergency dispatch number to be transferred to the mayor, but he said he didn’t have enough minutes on his phone. Later attempts by deputies to contact him were unsuccessful.

A concerned resident reported a pair of little dogs on Harmony Court that the resident was concerned had had their vocal chords clipped and could not bark to draw attention if anything was amiss. An animal control officer met with the dogs’ owner and learned the dogs were Shiba Inus, and don’t bark very loud. He reported they were very well taken care of.

A hurt Hungry Horse woman reported her boyfriend “almost choked her out” after they went out and had several drinks, with him becoming very drunk. Deputies later arrested the man on a preliminary charge of partner or family member assault.

An elderly man was advised to call 411 after he called 911 trying to get a phone number for a music store in Southern California.

A prospective trailer buyer who looked into the trailer’s vehicle identification number discovered it had been reported stolen.

A black Labrador was reported running loose and chasing after children on a West Evergreen Drive playground.

A garbage bag full of cigarette butts was stolen from a vehicle on U.S. 2 West, possibly by a boy on probation.

A trio of young girls were reported by a concerned relative for possibly video chatting with a man using Skype.

A woman was arrested after turning herself in on a felony theft warrant.

Several items were stolen from a truck on U.S. 2 West.

An employee at a Village Loop store contacted the Kalispell Police Department after a woman waiting for a ride asked the employee to watch her duffel bags. The employee asked the woman to show her the contents before she agreed, and saw a container of marijuana inside. The woman was acting nervous and seemed to be “on something,” leaving the bags behind before officers arrived.

Officers responded to an Airport Road bar after receiving a report of two drunk men fighting, with one eventually lying on the ground. One of the men was seen stumbling down the road, very drunk, and nearly getting hit by a vehicle. An officer located the man and reported nothing criminal had occurred.

A man was sent back to his hotel after he was reported bothering customers at a U.S. 93 South property, asking for a ride then refusing to leave when asked by an employee. The man, who was wearing a Seahawks hat, may have felt empowered by his team’s recent victory.

An Eighth Street West woman reported her window was broken out with her shovel handle, and despite locking the door when she left it was unlocked when she returned. She did not believe anything had been taken.

A drunk driver hit four different parked cars in two parking lots, fleeing the scene both times, before eventually being located by an officer and arrested.

A concerned child-care worker called to discuss with an officer something one of the children said to their mother that was passed along to her.

A miffed motorist reported someone siphoned the remaining half tank of gas he had in his car while he was inside a Hutton Ranch Road store.

A threatening Facebook post made by a student was determined by an officer not to be criminal.

Someone damaged several lit artificial landscape trees at a South Meridian Road property.

Cigarettes and an insurance card were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Empire Loop.

A conned Copperwood Court man called the Whitefish Police Department after giving his Social Security number to a person he thought was a loan officer for his student loans.

A fuming father reported his daughter was pushed by another kindergartener at an East Seventh Street school, leaving her with a small bruise by her left eye.

An officer stopped to check on a pair of drunk pedestrians on Wisconsin Avenue and found they were nearly home.

A very drunk Iowa Avenue man reported he had friends that were trying to fight him, but they had left.

A man was arrested in the parking lot of a U.S. 93 South casino for drunk driving.

A Pine Avenue resident reported someone had burned a trash can.