LAW ROUNDUP: Man wakes up in landlord's yard

A man called Flathead County Sheriff’s Office from Flathead Drive, after he allegedly woke up in his landlord’s yard with no explanation of how he got there. The man told dispatchers that he thought someone might have hit him in the back of the head. His car was ransacked. Authorities found that while he might have been a victim in this case, he had also been on the other side of the law and was a violent offender with a warrant out of Washington. The deputy logged a report. 

A deputy visited Mountain View Drive after someone called to report that a man had posted something on Facebook about killing people. The man told the deputy that his post was not serious, and that he would be more careful in future social media posts.

Two women on Grandview Drive in Bigfork both claimed ownership of a ceramic little boy statue after one of the women removed it from its resting place in a yard. The women both claimed to have more than one witness who could attest to the ownership of the statue. The deputy left the statue in the care of the woman who was willing to go to court for it.

A woman reported that her wedding ring set was stolen from a vehicle parked on Batavia Lane near Kalispell.

An officer documented that it looked like someone had used a BB gun to shoot out the windshield of a vehicle on Eckleberry Drive after the owner reported the vandalism. The owner did not want to press charges, but was told to contact the office again if any future incidents occurred. The man thought someone might have acted out after he refused to sell the damaged vehicle.

A person reported that someone had stolen a $1.89 candy bar from a location off U.S.2. The suspect was not on scene at the time of the call.

A woman on Tamarack Lane was upset after she found that someone had stolen planters and dug up plants from her yard. A deputy logged a list of missing items.

A man called from Lower Valley Road to report that there were lights up on the Swan Ridge, 15 miles south of Strawberry Peak that he had never seen before. The man said there was a white reflection bouncing up into the clouds and the visual effect was “freaking out” him, his wife, and his dogs. The man said he did not think the odd lighting was caused by helicopters. A deputy determined that the light probably didn’t need the crew of “The X-Files” to be sent out; it appeared that a break in the clouds was allowing the strong light of the full moon to shine through.

A 15-year-old was escorted to jail after a fight with his father at a residence off Farm-to-Market Road where the son and the father were both left bleeding from injuries to both of their faces.

A boyfriend and girlfriend were told by Columbia Falls Police to not contact each other after he allegedly threw things at her car while she was visiting him on Martha Road. The woman said the boyfriend was a drug user. She wanted to be left alone.

Whitefish Police told a drunken man on Eighth Street West that he would have to file a case in civil court if he wanted to get a drill that was stolen from him back. The man did not want to pursue criminal charges against a man who had allegedly assaulted him and made off with the drill.

Kalispell Police stopped a woman in a black sports car at the intersection of U.S. 93 and Montana 82 after someone reported that she was swerving all over the road. The woman had to call someone to pick her up after an officer found that she had not been drinking, but that she also did not have a valid driver’s license. Tire issues had allegedly caused the swerving.

An officer was unable to locate a woman who bought some ice cream at a store on Main Street and had her credit card declined. The shop let her keep the frozen goodness, but the woman allegedly went to another store nearby and tried the same card. She was refused service. The workers were worried the card might have been stolen.

A light blue Chevy pickup parked alongside West Idaho Street had its passenger side window busted out. In an incident believed to have been related a rear passenger window was busted out of a blue Ford Taurus.

A man found condoms in a room at a residence on Ninth Avenue West, and determined that a friend had been bringing girls over to the home without the man’s knowledge. The man told the friend that he was no longer welcome and contacted the friend’s father. The man allegedly was told by a man on the other end of the line that he would cut the reporting party in half. The person also allegedly stated that “you don’t know who I am.” The parties were counseled.