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Oh, deer - animal a repeat fraudster

| May 22, 2015 9:00 PM

The Kalispell Police Department has apparently had problems with one deer that repeatedly appears injured but is not. This time, it was reported near California Street. The report said that police have been dealing with it for years.

Nobody was reported injured after a car and bicyclist collided on North Main Street.

A tree was removed from the middle of East Oregon Street.

No charges were filed after a woman and her mother got into a shoving match on Fourth Avenue West.

A “group of adults” celebrating with music and a bonfire on Fifth Avenue West were asked to take it inside after a neighbor complained.

Crews worked to stop a broken sprinkler head from gushing on Fourth Avenue West.

Police assisted when a man got his arm caught under a sport utility vehicle while changing a tire on U.S. 2 East.

Police took a woman to the hospital after she was found in a laundry room and did not know “what was going on.”

Employees at a North Main Street hotel tried to capture a cat that was getting too friendly with the rooms.

A man told police that a woman and her “dying animal” on First Avenue West made loud noises at all hours of the night.

An elderly man dialed 911 and asked for the current day and date. He denied medical help but a family friend arrived to keep the man company.

A couple witnessed two men on bicycles dump some sacks near Kelly Road. They reportedly contained cash drawers and “a couple small vaults.”

The call log put it succinctly when police met some people at Lawrence Park at 4 a.m.: “Subjects attempting to play folf in the dark; their attempts failed.”


One unlucky or reckless driver was pulled over twice within a short amount of time by the Whitefish Police Department.


A woman in a foreign country called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office about some money that she claimed was stolen three years ago.

Reports of a reckless vehicle on U.S. 93 North near Kalispell noted that the driver was “making motions” and his arms were waving around.

A goat wandered onto a Lone Juniper Lane property and started “chewing on everything.”

Water rescue crews responded to a boat that lost its propeller in the middle of the reservoir and was taking on water.

A deputy asked a man shooting gophers near Whitefish Stage to move along.

A man with a tie-dyed shirt reportedly stole a 12-pack of beer from a Montana 35 business.

One caller described quite a party scene, complete with “pretty young” drinkers throwing bottles into the river, a small child in a play pen and someone “pole dancing” on a handicap sign. Deputies were unable to locate the activity.

A flatbed truck was seen driving down U.S. 93 North with a rear tire missing. The rim was present, however, sending sparks flying.