LAW ROUNDUP: Test driver goes for extended ride

Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies responded to U.S. 2, where a man reported that his vehicle had been stolen after he let someone test drive it. The vehicle was found at a store in Evergreen, with drug paraphernalia left behind. The owner did not want to press charges against the suspected thief, but he did want the paraphernalia to be destroyed. A deputy secured the contraband and properly disposed of it.

An aunt reported that her truck had been stolen by her nephew from Silver Leaf Drive near Kalispell. The aunt thought the young man might be headed to his mother’s house in Hungry Horse.

A man calling from Larch Lane asked dispatchers for assistance in enforcing a bill of sale for a pickup truck for $300. The bill of sale was written on a piece of notebook paper, but the man said he never received payment for the truck. The man was told he would need to contact a civil attorney if he wanted to sort the matter out.

A woman was upset that she had not heard back from the FBI, and decided to make a report to the sheriff about ongoing problems with an identity theft case. The woman said she keeps receiving calls from Cut Bank about $25,000 in student loans that she did not take out. The woman said she had an idea of who was pretending to be her. A deputy told the woman that it would be best if she contacted Cut Bank authorities.

A woman was told that she should block her ex-husband’s new girlfriend on social media, after the new partner kept harassing the woman electronically. If the unfriend and call blocking buttons were not enough to deter the behavior, a restraining order might be more helpful, the deputy suggested.

A deputy responded to Shady Lane in Evergreen, where a drunken woman had threatened to burn a house down. She also allegedly hit a man at the scene. The reporting party was concerned because there were children in the home. The woman was taken into custody.

A man reported that he had followed a car on Montana 35 in an attempt to get a license plate number of a driver that may have been drunk. At one point, the man pulled over and the person he had been following allegedly got out of the vehicle and tried to choke him. The suspect then tried to run the man off the road intentionally, the man reported.

A house was ransacked off Good Creek Road in Olney. The perpetrators left gloves behind.

A deputy deemed that a crime had not occurred after a man texted his ex-girlfriend’s roommate about the former couple’s relationship. The ex-girlfriend wanted the incident documented for a possible future restraining order.

Columbia Falls Police said a woman was worried because she and her husband had recently split up and he took the guns, despite the fact that he is allegedly prohibited from owning guns. The woman was afraid he might hurt her.

Whitefish Police responded to Dakota Avenue, where a man was reported as being drunk and threatening to burn his home down and kill his roommates. The roommates were unsure if the man consumed illegal drugs, but did say that he snorts some sort of pill every morning. The problems had been ongoing with the roommates allegedly needing a bodyguard to protect them from incidents like one that occurred earlier in the day, when the man threw a pool table. An officer found that all parties agreed to settle down for the night.