Gun-waving man confronts driver

Flathead County sheriff’s deputies searched for a man in Bigfork who allegedly pulled a silver handgun on a person who told him he was “driving poorly.” The person who reported the situation said he wanted the man who pulled the gun on him to know “that behavior like this is unacceptable.” Officers were unable to locate the suspect.

A Kalispell resident said she saw a man stealing from a volunteer food pantry. The woman said she approached the possible thief as he allegedly was going through items and his response was, “I’m not stealing anything” before running away.

A Kalispell business employee reported receiving a $5 counterfeit bill. The employee didn’t have a suspect, but wanted officers to know the counterfeiter was out there.

Officers advised a grandmother to begin the eviction process if she was unhappy living with her adult grandsons who allegedly destroyed pieces of her Columbia Falls home. The men allegedly began trashing the home because their grandmother was “pushing religion” on them and her great-grandchildren. One grandson allegedly “got tired of the bickering back and forth over religion and threw a temper tantrum, ripping a set of cabinets off the wall in the process.”

A bicyclist said two dogs off Ferndale Drive in Bigfork attacked him while he rode by. The man said this was a reoccurring issue.

Officers provided extra patrol on Winchester Street after a Kalispell resident reported someone breaking into a car.

Columbia Falls Police helped an allegedly highly intoxicated man home after a bartender called to say the man might need medical attention for a cut across his face. The man was able to describe to officers how to get to his house.