Barking dog draws ire from neighbors

Kalispell Police Department received three reports of a dog barking on Fifth Avenue East and 12th Street East. One concerned neighbor said it was unusual for the dog to be barking. A second worried neighbor called to request a welfare check because the dog is usually inside and well-mannered. A later report was made by a crankier neighbor who wanted the dog “to be quieted down” and asked if the officer had a tranquilizer gun. It was discovered that dog’s owners were out of town for a relative’s heart surgery and would make arrangements to take care of the dog.

An anxious mother called police to ask what she could do about neighbors living above her daughter’s apartment on Windward Way who were stomping around and causing light fixtures to fall off the ceiling. Police advised her it was a civil issue with the landlord, but if the noise continued at night to call in and report that.

Someone spied a thief through a window outside a Third Avenue East North Store when a woman wearing a pink scarf and gray hat put canned nuts, candy and cookies, among other items, into a large purse before heading to a check-out stand with a man wearing a black hat with a cap over it.

Someone at a Fifth Avenue West residence was advised on how to get a restraining order after a man outside refused to leave. The person said they went to the back door to give the man some belongings only to have them thrown back at them. The man was reported to have been back to the house three times and was going through things outside the garage.

Someone said they were almost hit at a crosswalk on First Avenue East by a white truck.

A distressed driver was stranded on Third Avenue East North and East Idaho Street after his car “lost a tire,” and was blocking the road.

A balding man in his 30s, who was dressed in all black, caused a commotion at a South Main Street business when he refused to leave, claiming to be representing a client. The man did not make any threats and eventually left.

A man on Two Mile Drive reported that his and his nephew’s tires were slashed by his sister’s boyfriend and wanted to settle the situation civilly.

Someone at a Liberty Street residence reported that a woman and her boyfriend were allegedly heroin addicts and had “just made a buy” of drugs.

A home health nurse called police from Summit Ridge Drive when they couldn’t get into an elderly patient’s house and that the patient had fallen and had blood on her head, wrist and leg.

A woman on Jubilee Court was reportedly being harassed via text messages threatening her job from her ex-husband. Both parties were counseled.

A woman wanted police to analyze two drinks after witnessing a man in his 30s or 40s allegedly put something in them at a bar on U.S. 93 South.

Two Siberian huskies on Fifth Avenue East were taken to a shelter and the owners left with a citation for “dogs at large” and “vicious dogs” after the animals reportedly killed a rooster on Airport Road.

Multiple vehicles were reported broken into and a credit card stolen on Garland Street.

Police responded to a hit and run on U.S. 93 North and Old Reserve Drive. A woman said she was rear-ended by a girl on her cell phone driving a Volkswagen Rabbit Convertible.

A man called Columbia Falls Police Department from Second Avenue West to report that “some folks” were taking items off his property “that they shouldn’t be taking.”

Police received a call from someone on Eighth Street East who reported that a neighbor was abusing her kids who were screaming.