Man bares it all at City Beach

A caller alerted the Whitefish Police Department to a man who was “completely naked,” laughing and exposing himself at Whitefish City Beach. Officers arrested the nude man for indecent exposure.

A caller told police he’d been threatened by another patron at a Baker Avenue establishment. The argument allegedly began when the suspect told the caller, a visitor from Florida, that he should go home because he “doesn’t belong here.” As the fight heated up, the suspect told the caller he was going to kill him. Officers spoke with both men and they agreed to stay away from each other.

An employee of a Central Avenue restaurant called police for assistance when he left work and discovered someone had locked their bike to his. He needed to leave but wasn’t sure who the other bike belonged to, and didn’t know how to get his bike free. Responding officers helped him cut the lock.

A caller, who was also an off-duty Lake County officer, told the Columbia Falls Police Department that a suspicious man had been approaching children at a swim meet and it was making parents uncomfortable. The man was allegedly there alone, and was pulling small children away from the crowd to play without saying anything to the adults. Officers told the man to leave the area, and that if he returned he would be arrested for criminal trespass.

A concerned citizen picked up two loose dogs found wandering in the highway and brought them to the Columbia Falls police station. Both dogs — one a St. Bernard and the other a chocolate lab — had tags, but there was no answer when police tried to make contact. Police kept the dogs in the station’s kennel until the owners could be located.

A resident on Hidden Cedar Loop called to report a suspicious and unknown vehicle parked in a driveway. The caller did not know who the vehicle belonged to or where the driver was, but it was blocking access to the driveway for the resident. Officers were unable to make contact with the vehicle’s last-known owners, and the residents called a tow truck to remove the vehicle.

The Smith Valley Fire Department responded to reports of an illegal burn pile on Truman Creek Road in Kila.

The Kalispell Fire Department responded to reports of an illegal burn on Eighth Avenue West.