Dragon-boat festival banner stolen
A 38-foot-long banner advertising this weekend’s Montana Dragon Boat Festival was stolen from Lakeside. The banner cost the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce $650.
Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies took a report of a backpack, wallet, and Ruger .357 pistol stolen from a vehicle on Lion Mountain Drive near Whitefish.
A man on South Cedar Drive reported that another man had left two ounces of marijuana on his porch.
A man at an inn on U.S. 2 was arrested for outstanding warrants after he was reported “acting like he was head of the mafia.” Callers to 911 were concerned that the man might get violent after he threatened to rape kittens. One person claimed the man said he was the head of the mafia and was going to kill the person.
A deputy was assaulted while performing a death notification at a residence on Montana 83 near Bigfork.
A woman reported that she was receiving threatening messages from her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend. The new girlfriend, located in Bozeman, texted her intent to slit the ex-girlfriend’s throat.
An antique potato planter was reported stolen from a residence on Montana 56 in Lincoln County.
Columbia Falls Police turned a case over to Child Protective Services after a neighbor reported that an 8-year-old boy had been left at home for two days in a row. The boy had gotten himself to school and told the neighbor that his mother would be back some day.
Whitefish Police officers killed a deer that was reported injured near U.S. 93. The deer’s leg was reported to be hooked through its antlers. The food bank was told about the dead deer’s location.
A bag of oxycodone pills was found in a parking lot off U.S. 2 and turned in to the Kalispell Police Department.
A person reported being worried hot air balloons near U.S. 93 might cause road hazards and traffic collisions. The person said people were slowing down and almost stopping their cars to watch the balloons.
A woman on Windward Way said that her children were upset because they could smell a neighbor’s marijuana smoke.
A passer-by reported a man who was “Dumpster diving” off East Idaho Street. There were two television sets on a picnic table near the garbage container and the caller was worried the man might be stealing something.
The U.S. Border Patrol took custody of six people from Guatemala who were found by police after a fight was reported at an address off U.S. 93.
A man left a bar and found that someone had twisted his windshield wipers into the shape of an “X.” The man said his tires were slashed a few days prior.