New Year's Eve stays under control

The new year got off to a relatively quiet start in 2017, possibly due to the cold and snow. There were the usual fireworks complaints, a few early-morning parties, a number of hit-and-run accidents and more than a few drunken pedestrians in Whitefish.

Whitefish Police were probably interested in a 911 call that may have been an accidental dial just after midnight on Sunday. A drunk male could be heard talking about how he hates Canadians and how he and his friends should jump them in the alley near a restaurant. In addition to cussing Canadians, the big talkers also had some bad things to say about “hippies.” Fortunately, the threats proved to be all talk, no action.

Later in the morning, sometime after 3, there was a report of an actual physical dispute. A man reported that his wife had assaulted him and a woman. Sounds like a protection order was in place, but didn’t help much.

Someone called in a report that a deer was caught in a fence near Park Avenue, alive but mangled. The deer’s body was collected by a patrol car, but the food bank could not use it.

Kalispell Police had a busy couple of days. On Friday afternoon, they had to intervene when someone under a court’s no-contact order in a sexual-assault case sat down in a theater next to a witness in the matter. After neing contacted by police, the man and his wife left the theater. They said they did not know they were in violation.

A female inmate told detention that she had been kidnapped earlier in December and taken to a local lake, where she was assaulted. Police were investigating.

A non-emergency call that came in to 911 was blamed on a 3-year-old playing with the phone. The adult in charge planned to take the battery out of the phone to prevent a recurrence.

Neighbors on Third Avenue West got in a dispute over allegations that one was stealing electricity from the other.

A 20-year-old woman throwing things and punching the walls was reported by her mother. The woman may have been under the influence of something, and didn’t assault anyone. No charges were pursued.

A man who may have taken too much prescription medication reportedly fell down some stairs in the Village Greens subdivision.

A man on U.S. 93 South said he gave $5 to a man for a sandwich, but then got back neither a sandwich nor his money. Somehow the victim turned this into a complaint that the man had broken into his room and stolen $11.5 million, Eventually he said it was the state which had taken his $11.5 million and he cursed at the dispatcher for being no better than the state.

A good Samaritan stopped to assist a woman slumped over her steering wheel near Reserve and Whitefish Stage Road. The car was blocking the southbound lane of traffic, and the man was concerned the woman had been drinking, He took her keys. Sounds like the vehicle was towed.

A cellphone was turned over to Kalispell Police that had been found on Sixth Avenue East North.

Several young teenagers were spotted hitting geese with sticks in Woodland Park. The children’s parents were located nearby and “stated this will not happen again.”