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Dude, why'd ya call the cops on me?

| June 9, 2015 9:19 PM

A Whitefish Police Department officer was taking a report from someone who claimed a longboard was stolen from a Whitefish footbridge. While this conversation was going on, the caller’s friend rolled up on the missing board.


A Frontier Trail resident told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that over 30 rabbits were scampering around and she enlisted someone to come shoot them with a pellet gun. A neighbor, who may have been the source of the rabbits originally, reportedly took offense at the deadly measure.

About $2,500 worth of tools were reported stolen from a Pioneer Drive property.

There was a report of shots fired into a home on Gopher Lane in Marion.

A dog bit an 87-year-old man on Gunsite Loop. The man was reportedly trying to break up a spat between two dogs.

Animal control issued a citation to the owner of a dog that allegedly harvested two chickens without permission.

Multiple people reported a reckless motorcycle driver pulling out of a North Main Street location. One of the callers said he flashed a handgun.

A motorist was reportedly swerving and driving without headlights after dark, but she was not determined to be drunk.

“Several kids” were reported to be drinking bottles of whiskey, according to a caller who seemed sure about their ages. Deputies found the drinkers to be of age.


Evergreen Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire on Shady Lane. Visible flames and smoke were reported, but responders quickly got it under control.

The Columbia Falls Fire Department responded to a report of a motor vehicle fire on Hodgson Road.


A woman called the Kalispell Police Department to report that her husband’s identity was used to purchase a Kirby vacuum.

Tempers flared right alongside the temperature as someone confronted a dog owner about leaving the pet in a car.

One caller thought two women at 11th Street West were on drugs. Their body language was “weird,” they had purple hair and their teeth were missing, the caller said. One of the women was arrested on a warrant.

An officer picked up a child and brought her home after the parent became worried because the kid hadn’t returned from school on time.

Police detained a man who told someone that he shot up antifreeze and then walked away.

A case of Third Avenue West road rage spilled into a police call, as a driver continued to yell at another motorist while on the phone with dispatch.