Man wants to claim found cash

A man promised to bring $72 he found on the ground at Spokane Avenue to the Whitefish Police Department. He originally told officers that he wanted to keep the money if no one claimed it.

A wood planer and drill were stolen from a garage on Woodside Lane.

No one was found at a Riverside Avenue address after a woman reported that she believed someone was in her home. Officers performed a walk-through of the property.

Columbia Falls Police Department counseled a woman on Diane Road who was concerned be- cause a Level Three sex offender had moved into an area where children live.

Extra patrol was put in place on First Avenue West North after the family of an 89-year-old woman reported that ornaments had been stolen off her porch.

Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report on Swan Retreat near Bigfork of an explosion that sounded like dynamite a week earlier.

A person reported that they heard explosions two days in a row off Antler Ridge Road near Whitefish. Officers needed more information for their report.

Both license plates were stolen from a vehicle on Lauman Road.

Flathead Drive was closed off for several hours after an electric truck hit a power pole. Workers had to repair the pole.

A cat was found uninjured and was returned to its owner after someone reported that a man had thrown the animal up in the air.

Extra patrol was conducted on Highway 35 after a business owner reported that an employee’s ex-boyfriend had come and slashed the woman’s tires.

A man called 911 to ask if he would be charged with assault if he hit someone in the head with a baseball bat for stealing his riding lawnmower. Deputies responded and found that the man was just asking a hypothetical question.

—Megan Strickland, Daily Inter Lake