Ice is cold; skaters are packing heat
An ice skater called the Whitefish Police Department after seeing another skater slip and drop his handgun on the ice.
A Whitefish resident reported someone rang the doorbell and ran off with a porch decoration. The resident didn’t see the thief but told police she suspected it was the same kids who had thrown eggs at her house in recent weeks.
A missing friend from Missoula called to report she was fine after her friends filed a missing-person report on Sunday morning.
Someone turned in a brown wallet found on Wisconsin Avenue to police.
Flathead County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary at the Aquarium Shop in Evergreen that took place around 3 a.m. on Saturday. Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to call Flathead Crimestoppers at 752-TIPS. You could be eligible for a reward.
A driver called the Columbia Falls Police Department to request help getting out of a snow bank.
A Columbia Falls woman called police to report her identity and banking information had been stolen.
A landlord complained about several people staying a tenant’s apartment who were not allowed on the property.
Police caught up with a Columbia Falls teenager who had left a grocery store on a motorized shopping cart. Police initially let the cart-jacker go after he told officers he owned the cart and the grocery store reported all carts were accounted for, but the store manager called back to explain one was indeed missing.
Two people called in the same woman hitchhiking down U.S. 2, but police had already offered her a ride, which she refused.
A woman called Kalispell Police about a blue pickup truck following her through east Kalispell. The woman believed the driver was her ex-husband and told police she was armed and has a concealed carry permit.
An employee called about a man who refused to leave his business. The man left shortly after the employee called police. An employee at a different store called about a man with a similar description peering into cars in the parking lot. The caller said the man never tried to break into the car, but several customers had complained about him.
Someone reported three pickup trucks “spinning brodies” in a Kalispell parking lot.
A Kalispell resident called police after receiving several strange calls from a Montana phone number asking for insurance information. The mystery caller accused the woman of hitting a car and leaving the accident scene, but the resident invited police to come check the car to prove she hadn’t collided with any cars recently.
A Kalispell restaurant employee gave a homeless man a pizza to help move him along.
A driver called to report seeing a bartender serving alcohol to a customer before 8 a.m. The caller allegedly saw this transaction through the bar window. Police called the bartender, who denied serving alcohol before the legal time.
Three men were seen trying to break into a north Kalispell car. They were unsuccessful.