'Tis the season for tax-fraud reports
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a pair of reports of tax-related fraud, first from a Patriot Way resident who said someone stole his children’s Social Security numbers and was told by the IRS to report it and second from a First Avenue North resident in Martin City who was told by the IRS that someone had already filed taxes under his name.
A woman who walks her children past the area where a stabbing occurred in Evergreen called with questions about someone cleaning the blood off the sidewalk.
A deputy used a Taser on a boy and transported him to the Flathead County Juvenile Detention Center after stopping three youths on U.S. 2 East late Thursday night.
A former employee of a Riverside Road business who had been authorized to buy gas on the company account was reported for charging $1,500 worth of gas and $600 worth of auto parts after being fired.
An Arbour Drive East resident reported a suspicious man in the neighborhood driving slowly and looking at houses before discovering it was a friend.
A Church Drive resident reported the neighbor’s dog pulled the resident’s dog through the fence and killed it.
A person was seen running from a camper on Bear Trail; then the owner discovered a .44-caliber magnum missing from his truck.
A Trumbull Canyon Road resident complained about an ongoing problem of people throwing trash in the driveway.
Someone damaged the side of a Sweetgrass Lane garage while trying to break in.
A drunk man was seen stumbling down the side and middle of U.S. 2 West.
A lockdown drill was held at an Adams Street school in Lakeside.
Several items were stolen from a truck on Somers Road.
The Kalispell Police Department received a pair of opposing reports regarding a dispute between Ninth Avenue West neighbors.
The first call came from a resident who complained that the neighbors were playing drums in the garage, sounding like band practice, and wanting them quieted down. A responding officer reported all was quiet.
A followup call was then made by the neighbors who said the person who made the noise complaint was consistently reporting them for things — using law enforcement to harass them — and had made the most recent complaint after their 6-year-old relative was playing on their drum set for only “a matter of moments.”
A man reported his ex-girlfriend to police after she punched him when he broke up with her. He declined medical treatment but requested charges be pressed against her.
A passer-by said a dog on Second Avenue West jumped a fence and tried to attack a man on a bicycle, who managed to pedal away.
One motorist suffered bad whiplash and the other driver was arrested following a rear-end collision on Grandview Drive.
A woman told a dispatcher she has problems using the touch screen on her phone after accidentally dialing 911.
An animal warden picked up a rat after someone dumped it off at trash containers on Third Avenue East.
A pair of youths were spotted looking into vehicles on Seventh Avenue West.
A woman’s purse was stolen following an accident on 11th Street East.
A man was punched in the face on North Main Street.
A captured cleaning crewman contacted the Whitefish Police Department after getting locked inside the mall. He had been stuck there nearly half an hour. An officer was eventually able to contact the manager of one of the stores to let the man out.
A ballistic Baker Avenue parent reported his son suffered a broken nose after being assaulted by a freshman at the high school.
A report of a deer needing to be put down after being hit by a vehicle on East Second Street was found to be overstated, when a responding officer reported it was up on all fours and staring at him.
Officers made several arrests after a group of drunk men got into a fight outside a Central Avenue property. All of the men posted bond and were released.
Someone tried to break into a rental unit on Park Avenue, pulling part of a hinge from the door but not making it inside.
A drunk man finally got a cab ride home after he was reported harassing people and refusing to leave a Central Avenue bar.
A confused Karrow Avenue man reported he woke up and found his house had been burglarized.
A suspicious vehicle reported at the train yard was found to be a border patrol agent.
A license plate discovered by a Columbia Falls Police Department officer to be inactive during a traffic stop on Ninth Street West was confiscated.
A drunk patron at a Nucleus Avenue bar was banned from the bar and found a ride back to Kalispell.
An officer investigated a report of indecent exposure on Nucleus Avenue.