Man's leap of faith takes a tumble

An Eighth Avenue resident in Kalispell called Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after reportedly seeing a bearded man, who looked injured and intoxicated, standing by their house holding his back and telling them his girlfriend dropped him off and “the situation was bad,” before walking toward 14th Street.

Another call came, possibly regarding the same man, on U.S. 93 in Kalispell where a woman in a large SUV allegedly sped into a parking lot and came to a fast stop when a bearded man jumped out. He reportedly went behind the vehicle, which supposedly reversed, and the caller said it sounded like the man got hit and that he said his back was broken. The vehicle left, but came back to get him.

The saga may have come to a conclusion when officers reportedly made contact with the vehicle on Swan Way in Bigfork. The woman and the injured man purportedly gave the same story that they were kicked out of a Kalispell bar, got into a verbal argument while the vehicle was moving and he “decided jumping out was better than arguing.” He was checked by EMTs and advised to go to the hospital.

A woman was suspicious of a vehicle parked in her driveway for 10 minutes near Old U.S. 93 and reportedly thought the driver was “tweaking” as they were “bouncing all around.” The driver supposedly started the vehicle and tried to leave, but the vehicle was partially over the bank, which was a 20-foot drop and the woman didn’t think it would make it without a tow truck. The driver allegedly proceeded to drive around a tree and likely made it out, based on tracks to North Juniper Bay Road.

Someone reportedly bought a screwdriver set from a man who needed gas money on U.S. 2 in Kalispell and they wanted to make sure the items weren’t stolen.

Someone calling from Phanco Lane in Kalispell alleged people were shooting stuff off a fence in the direction of the street and believed officers warned them about this before.

Law enforcement reportedly pursued a vehicle driving at more than 100 mph on U.S. 2 in Evergreen. The pursuit ended in Whitefish.

Kalispell Police Department received a report of a man allegedly breaking off tree branches. He claimed they were already on the ground and he was stacking them.

Someone’s children reportedly found a package full of syringes at a gate. Police collected the package for destruction.

Someone purportedly drove up to a drive-thru that still had its lights and “open” sign on, but no one was there. Officers checked out the building and found nothing out of the ordinary, just someone who forgot to turn off the sign.

A man dressed in mostly black was allegedly seen outside a restaurant on South Main Street screaming, “Are you next? Come on!” and then began flipping chairs in a patio area. An employee who saw the man reportedly thought he was “tweaking.”

A man was allegedly seen filling up a shopping cart with items from a donation drop-off behind a South Main Street building.

A transient was counseled on burning laws in Kalispell and given resources regarding shelters. He was reportedly seen in an alleyway with stuff piled up and something on fire.