Man arrested for clowning around
A Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrested a man with orange hair and clown makeup on preliminary charges of obstructing a peace officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after he was reported jumping in front of traffic on Hodgson Road.
A Whitefish woman reported that, after paying a contractor in advance to build a deck for her, she has never seen him or the building materials despite talking to him a dozen times during which he said he was going to build the deck and had purchased the materials already.
A Columbia Falls-area woman reported her suspicions that her neighbors were stealing from her after entering her home through an unlocked back door.
A Bigfork boy’s father reported his son, who was just placed on an ankle monitor that day in youth court, cut off the bracelet and left.
A pair of thirsty men stole two cases of beer from a pallet outside a U.S. 2 East business.
A man was arrested after he was reported for trying to break into a Tahoe Drive house.
A deputy helped a man retrieve his stuck raft from under a bridge.
A Kalispell Police Department officer advised a man of the “proper place and time to play with his weapon” after the man was reported reloading a handgun near the community college. The man had unloaded the firearm to show a friend.
A man was arrested for drunk driving after he was reported by an employee at a U.S. 2 West business who said the man was stumbling when he came into the store and was refused when he tried to buy alcohol.
A concerned passerby reported baby ducks trying to cross U.S. 93 North and fear that they might get hit. An officer was unable to locate the daredevil ducklings.
About 10 cars full of youths were reported speeding around the area of East Idaho Street and North Main Street over a span of half an hour.
A man was taken into custody after screaming and cursing at a manager at a West Idaho Street before pulling a knife on him.
A group of people playing guitar loudly and laughing on a Fourth Street West deck agreed to move it inside for the night.
A pair of men fighting in another person’s Greatview Drive driveway were discovered to be a pair of arguing brothers.
A man reported he was hospitalized after he was assaulted by four men on First Avenue East North.
$1,200 was stolen from a vehicle on Ninth Street West.
A U.S. 2 West building was tagged with graffiti.
A bicyclist contacted the Whitefish Police Department after a pair of big black dogs came running out of a Jennings Avenue driveway to chase her, also nipping at the trailer she was pulling her children in. An officer was unable to locate the dogs.