Masked man causes concern

Kalispell Police officers responded after someone called to report a man behind a store on U.S. 93 North was wearing a bandanna and a mask while shining a green laser at people.

An intoxicated man had to return a shopping cart he was pushing after leaving a business on U.S. 93 South.

A trio of suspicious purchases was a red flag for a pharmacist Sunday evening. He reported that the first man bought syringes, followed by two men buying Sudafed. The responding officer determined the allergy medicine was bought legally.

Police responded after a home security alarm was tripped on Seventh Avenue East. The homeowner believed someone was in the shed, but nothing was missing when he went to check.

A Main Street store manager called police to report a man had been in the bathroom for more than half an hour for the second time in a few days.

A woman on Fourth Street West claimed her rent check was stolen from her mailbox and cashed.

A woman told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that her ex-boyfriend was threatening to beat up her son.

A man called from out of state to report he received a text from someone claiming “that his wife is going to take a beat-down for him screwing someone over here in town.”

A man on Farm to Market Road found his neighbors’ mail stashed underneath his trash can.

A Whitefish woman believes a man is giving her 14-year-old son money to buy drugs.

A woman told deputies that her son was threatening to shoot his grandparents. She noted that “when [he] gets drunk he does and says stupid things.”

Deputies were called to a home in Kalispell after a fight was reported. It was a Super Bowl party and they were “overly excited.”

A woman broke the window out of a bar in Hungry Horse, according to the bartender.

A Bigfork man called 911 and told dispatch that he “believes he is going to be unlawfully set up by officers and locked up.”

Whitefish Police responded to a house in the early morning hours after a report of “a lot of people there doing work or something strange.” They were residents moving to another house.