No meds at Halfmoon: Recipe for disaster

A man was reported to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after showing up on a Halfmoon Road resident’s doorstep saying there was a plan to “get him” and, if law enforcement officers of any kind tried to apprehend him, he would “cook them and eat them.” It was believed the man was off his medication. A deputy was unable to locate the man.

A search of a county jail inmate’s cell turned up contraband when a detention officer investigated a soap box made out of an empty milk carton. The officer found a green leafy substance and a piece of paper which could be used to roll a cigarette underneath the soap in the container.

All of the people involved in a fight on Shady Lane were advised of better ways to handle their problems after one of them reported his neighbor had just hit him in the face 15 times. He said he was ex-military and was afraid he was going to hurt the neighbor.

A woman was cited for driving with a suspended license and not having any vehicle insurance and also warned about her warrant before she parked her pickup and waited for a valid driver to come pick it up.

A Bigfork man gave the sheriff’s office a heads up, saying he and his buddies would be shooting explosive tannerite targets in the area of Slethaug Lane.

A riled-up Riley Lane resident reported the neighbors dumped a bunch of household furnishings into the resident’s construction dumpster and wanted a deputy to make them remove the items.

A deputy was unable to locate a black-clad man reported looking into all the vehicles in a Depot Street parking lot.

Car batteries were stolen on Hodgson Road.

A vehicle was burglarized on U.S. 93 South.

Kalispell Police Department officers responded to a Fourth Avenue East apartment after a person reported overhearing a man tell a woman he would hospitalize her if she didn’t leave, followed by a muffled scream and the woman shouting “you’re hurting me.” The argument was found to be verbal only, and the pair were separated.

Partygoers on Fourth Street West and Third Avenue East had to be told to turn their music down after neighbors complained of being kept awake and dogs being made to bark.

A manic man reported yelling at cars, jumping at traffic and flipping off motorists told an officer he was upset that people wouldn’t give him a ride.

A pair of officers stopped to check on a man passed out in the grass on South Meridian Road who told them his brother was coming to walk him home.

A drunk woman was reported wobbling in and out of traffic, causing motorists to swerve to avoid her, on 11th Street West.

An officer was flagged down on Fourth Avenue East after a hypodermic needle was found on the ground.

A woman was seen on video taking $1,800 worth of merchandise from a U.S. 93 North business.

Cash was stolen from a wallet in a Wolfpack Way locker.

The Whitefish Police Department responded to a pair of calls in the West Eighth Street area after at least two teens were reported walking up and down the street yelling and cursing shortly after midnight.

A man in a pickup truck who backed into another vehicle on East First Street admitted to police that he had been drinking, but was found to still be sober.

A quartet of busybody boys were reported messing with a train near Depot Street.

A man arrested for disorderly conduct following a fight on Central Avenue was released after posting bond.