Ex posts slander on Facebook

One resident called Columbia Falls Police to report an ex-boyfriend had written slanderous material about the caller on Facebook.

Someone noticed a window had been broken on the side of an empty west Columbia Falls home. The caller told police she wasn’t sure if anyone had used the window to enter the home but asked for extra patrol to check on the area.

A man was seen kicking a huge dent in the side of a car and running away.

A Whitefish resident called the Whitefish Police Department to report a man repeatedly trespassing on his property. Police spoke with the man about not crossing on the caller’s lawn any more.

Two Canadians flagged down a police officer for a ride to their hotel at 2:30 Sunday morning.

A deli employee called the Kalispell Police Department after a couple walked out of the store without paying for their meals. The employee told dispatch that she didn’t stop the couple because the woman was wearing a holstered firearm.

Two or three children’s swimming pools had been blown onto Main Street, one was hit by a car.

A Kalispell resident turned in a white, powdery substance to police, believing it was cocaine, found on the north side of town.

A woman stole another woman’s wallet from a Kalispell casino.

A man saw a driver, whom he thought was his brother-in-law, cruise through his alleyway at slow speed and drive off once the man came back outside. The man called dispatch because he knew his brother-in-law was involved in drug use and requested an extra patrol officer in the neighborhood.

Two vehicles — a red crew-cab pickup and a black SUV — were drag-racing in a Kalispell west-side neighborhood.

Police got a report of a man attempting to catch another vehicle at a high rate of speed. The caller told dispatch he believed the other driver was suicidal. A few minutes later, the caller received a photo in a text of the woman he thought was in the car he was chasing, safe at a different location.

A man was mugged at knifepoint in the parking lot of a business on the north side of Kalispell. The victim described the mugger as possibly homeless, wielding a two-inch pocket knife.

A generator, chain saw, power tools, range finder and several hunting knives were stolen from an east Kalispell garage. The victim told dispatch it looked as if thieves also had gone through his garage freezer.

A homeowner called in a garage party for excessive noise and several cars parked on the property’s lawn.