Man needs to check on the chicks

A Flathead County Sheriff’s animal control officer was dispatched to Spring Creek Drive in Kalispell where a man said his neighbor was upset about him owning chickens. The animal control officer told the man that he did not know of any rule banning the fowl, but that the man should check with his homeowners association and the county planning office to double check.

A man returned from a hospital stay to his home on East Evergreen Drive to find that his checkbook had been pilfered. Several checks had cleared, but the thief had also been allegedly caught on camera making the unauthorized purchases.

A woman who was told not to go to a Whitefish property allegedly went there anyway and caused some sort of vehicle vs. house crash. The woman had originally called to ask if her husband could be told to leave the property. She was in the process of getting a no-contact order against the man.

A Glacier National Park officer found that a chainsaw that had been stolen from the park was pawned at a Kalispell establishment.

A man on South Cedar Drive reported that the back windows of his vehicle had been shot out some time in the past two days.

A man called from Bigfork to report that his girlfriend had tried to jump out of his truck earlier in the morning and that he had grabbed her jacket to keep her from jumping out. The man said that the woman had sent him 67 messages since then, threatening to put his address on Facebook and write on the social media platform that he had tried to push her out. The man warned that he lived in the woods and would defend his home if anyone showed up to the address. The man was told to block communication with the woman and that he could seek a no-contact order if he thought it was necessary.

A woman called from U.S. 2 outside of Kalispell after she received a text message from her nephew about some money she had borrowed. The woman said that her nephew had said they were “going to have a talk” if she did not get the money back. The nephew allegedly admitted that he sent the message, but said he did not mean to threaten the woman. The woman said she would pay up soon to get the issue resolved.

Kalispell Police Department responded to U.S. 2 where a business reported that a customer appeared to have left behind a baggie of marijuana. The suspected drugs were seized for destruction.

A business person on East Idaho Street called to report that there was a baggie of suspected drugs left in a bathroom after two women had locked themselves in the facility for a little while and then left. An officer found there was no paraphernalia or drugs in the bag, just trash.

A person on South Hilltop Road reported that a 4-year-old boy had been thrown across a room by a drunken man. The injury caused the child’s toe to bleed. The man left, but not before allegedly pushing and dragging a woman and banging her head against a wall. The man did not make it very far as the woman he had hurt got a phone call from him a short time later. He allegedly said that he had gotten his vehicle stuck. He didn’t have to stay out in the cold for long however, as he was soon escorted to the warm confines of Flathead County Detention Center.

A woman was described by another female caller as “blonde, super-cute, and tiny” but a little bit disruptive as the caller said that the woman had been drinking heavily at a bar and tried to drive. Maneuvering the vehicle proved to be too much for the woman, as she allegedly hit two parked cars. The caller then took the woman’s keys, and the woman allegedly screamed at people standing outside. An officer took her for booking at the jail.

A dentist’s office finally called officers for help after clothing was left on the office’s basement stairway several days in a room. An officer found that the clothing was marked for a charitable organization, and took the garments there.

A Columbia Falls Police officer could not locate a man on Ninth Street West who had allegedly followed a woman from being in line at a business to her car. The man allegedly tried to get into the car, but she was able to get away without incident.

High school students told a counselor that they had seen a fourth grader shaken and thrown on the ground by his grandmother as the child waited at a bus stop.

A woman on Ashar Avenue told dispatchers that she did not need Whitefish Police, but that she had accidentally called 911 while trying to take a picture of her cat.