Green light reportedly falls from sky
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a resident who dutifully reported an “unexplainable green light falling from the sky.”
A woman called dispatch to report that her son was acting strange and possibly on drugs. He was allegedly “on the front lawn yelling about potato chips.”
A trio of young troublemakers were reportedly banging on windows and throwing rocks at a school in Kalispell. A Kalispell police officer counseled the children on their behavior.
A woman helpfully told a dispatch operator to “push away from your jelly donut and do your job,” after the operator took her call and asked her questions.
A barefoot woman was allegedly acting strangely in a casino on West Reserve Drive and yelling at customers. She was removed from the premises.
A “crazy mom” allegedly woke a sleeping woman by pounding on the door.
According to an employee at a West Idaho Street business, a woman had been “tearing up the store for the past two hours.” The woman was escorted off the property.
A Kalispell resident with a vegetable garden on Somerset Drive reported to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that someone had stolen all the tomatoes and four heads of cabbage.
Two dogs owned by a Kalispell resident on Parliament Street were allegedly chasing after children exiting a nearby playground, and one had allegedly bitten a child. A deputy responded and reported that two dogs were in the fenced-in yard, but the gate was open and the two dogs charged the deputy. No citation was issued, as no victim had come forth with a bite report.
Some teenagers were allegedly speeding up and down a dirt forest road near Somers and repeatedly ran over a “kids at play” sign requesting drivers to slow down.
A man who was out four-wheeling on private forest land found a discarded elk mount with the antlers cut off. The back of the mount said “Clint,” and the citizen theorized that Clint may have had his mount stolen.
A dispatcher for a taxi service told dispatch that kids were in a field in Columbia Falls and shooting bottle rockets, one of which hit a taxi. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be an employee from the electric company who was working on an electric box that was causing big flashes.
A woman requested that officers with the Whitefish Police Department talk to a former employee who appeared drunk and was walking by her place and screaming. She told dispatch she did not hate him, but asked that officers find him and tell him to “get a life.”
Officers got an invitation from a woman who had just cooked a chicken and had sandwiches to share.
Someone allegedly broke a beer bottle on the sidewalk along Baker Avenue. The caller wasn’t requesting a police presence, “just wants law enforcement to be aware of the homeless issue in Whitefish.”