Aggressive snowmobiler eludes officer

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office was informed a snowmobile rider tried to run over someone, then crashed his snowmobile while chasing his victim. An officer pursued the aggressive snowmobiler on foot.

There were apparently “calm voices in the background” of an accidental 911 call.

Someone thought multiple firearms had been stolen by burglars, but the owner reported the guns are kept locked up at night and there didn’t appear to be any missing.

In a separate incident, a handgun and a rifle were stolen from unlocked vehicles.

Someone was suspected of going through vehicles on Steel Bridge Road, but the suspect turned out to be a jogger, not a thief.

A woman was concerned about her brother-in-law driving with his children in the car while intoxicated.

A man believed a man was in his home who had previously been told to leave and not return to the property. It turned out he had mistaken the person’s identity, but then he asked for the new intruder to leave.

A woman asked law enforcement to help move a truck that looked like it had gotten stuck on railroad tracks.

A man told dispatch his wife lost her sapphire necklace.

An older male driver with a white goatee was apparently swerving and “almost ran a couple vehicles off the road” before stopping in the middle of the roadway.

A woman believed unknown individuals were entering her house while she was gone because she saw footprints that she “didn’t recognize” near her house. Law enforcement believed the claim was unfounded because the tracks didn’t appear fresh and nothing had been stolen. They believed the person who left the footprints was not “doing anything beyond walking around.”

An elderly handicapped woman was scammed when she attempted to purchase multiple dogs online that were never delivered to Kalispell.

A man asked about getting back a chain saw he illegally pawned approximately three years earlier, for which he spent time in jail.

A woman complained about a white Camaro driving past her house, loudly revving its engine and doing “burnouts” in her neighborhood.

A man who gave a ride to the driver of a small, disabled truck without license plate believed his passenger’s “story and the vehicle are suspicious.”