Suspect nabbed on host of warrants
Whitefish Police arrested a man Monday morning who had nearly 10 outstanding arrest warrants from Lake County as well as Georgia and Colorado.
At approximately 2 a.m., Whitefish Police responded to a vehicle stuck in a snow bank at a shopping center. When police arrived, the passenger of the car took off running and tripped into a different snow bank. Police charged the 25-year-old man with obstructing an officer and possession of dangerous drugs, later discovering he had warrants for three felony counts of burglary, a felony count of possession of a dangerous drug, and a non-extraditable count of sexual assault. The man also had a Florida driver’s license belonging to a different man. The man was sent to the Flathead County Detention center while the driver was released.
Someone called Whitefish Police to report two people sleeping in a pickup truck in front of a home construction site at approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday morning. The pair told police that they were dry wallers at the construction site who had arrived early for work and chosen to sleep in the vehicle. Police told them this would be the last time they are allowed to sleep in front of a residence they are working on.
Police responded to a dead deer in the center of Park Knoll Lane.
A man called Whitefish police about a black Jeep that had been parked in front of his home for more than a month.
Earlier on Sunday, a caller reported to Columbia Falls Police that a different black Jeep had run into his neighbor’s parked vehicle and driven away.
A resident called police to ask for a database check on a gun he intended to buy from a private seller.
Someone reported the smell of gas coming from a Columbia Falls restaurant. Police were unable to locate the smell.
A woman called police when a 19-year-old man was on her property banging on her door. She had not responded to texts from the man earlier in the day.
After a man unsuccessfully tried to steal a barbecue grill from a U.S. 93 North store, a security guard called Kalispell Police Department hoping to catch the man. The same security guard called from the same store with another shoplifter in custody an hour later.
A woman called police when she believed a man had begun stalking her outside the facility where she lives.
A man called police concerned about two children living with their parents who were allegedly using a lot of meth. The caller was prompted by an online photo of the children who were dirty and sitting on a bare mattress.
A man claiming to be the drummer for Pearl Jam called Kalispell police from Missoula to see if a woman had successfully hitchhiked her way to Kalispell.
A man living in a south Kalispell apartment called police to report someone had just driven over the sidewalk and yard before going into the apartments next door.
A woman called Kalispell police wondering why her car had received a sticker advising 72-hour notice to move the vehicle from in front of her house.
A passer-by called police about several people with open alcohol containers drinking on the ice rink in a city park.
Police got a report of a vehicle circling the caller’s home, threatening the resident with guns and a baseball bat with screws on the end. Police found a large group of people in the alley who knew nothing about a car circling the block.