No peace on Peaceful Drive

A woman on Peaceful Drive in Bigfork called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Department because a friend of her daughter’s was being kept “in a bad situation,” and then was subsequently threatened by the young man’s father.

Deputies responded to a First Avenue NW resident in Hungry Horse who had been slapped repeatedly in the head by an acquaintance of hers who was “drunker than a pistol.” The parties were separated.

A Lakeside man was hiding from a man who had just emerged from a bar saying his was going to kill the reporting party. He believed the screaming man had been drinking, but the caller himself was being uncooperative and belligerent.

The Columbia Falls Police Department was called after a young man told his father he was going to go home and hang himself. He said his son had been talking about suicide for several weeks, but also advised he might run from any law enforcement. The father called back later to say he didn’t need any further contact from law enforcement.

A black SUV was reportedly swerving all over U.S. Highway 2, and the caller — who decided to follow the driver — witnessed him run several stop signs before finally being pulled over for drunken driving.

A Dakota Avenue resident called the Whitefish Police Department from Seattle to report he might have been burglarized. A roommate of the caller came in to find things missing from their residence.

Thieves broke into a barbecue restaurant north of town and stole several hundred dollars, as well as destroying the cash register and stealing surveillance cameras. The caller said it was possible the person who broke in knew where the key was because it was missing the next morning.

The Bad Rock, Somers-Lakeside, and Columbia Falls fire departments took multiple calls for power-line emergencies thanks to the high winds that came with the cold weather on Saturday. Most happened in the morning, but one was as late as 4 p.m.