Law roundup: Man nor beast stops woman from recycling

A Whitefish resident reportedly had an “out-of-control” bear, possibly a cub, in her yard that had been getting into everyone’s trash cans and when she shooed it away it would back up 5 feet before returning. She was over the bear’s antics by the time recycling day rolled around and called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, saying she had to put out her recyclables.

Meanwhile, a young sow and two cubs were spotted by someone in Kalispell who allegedly tried to stop them from heading toward a highway.

A Kalispell woman reportedly called deputies wanting to prove to her friends that they couldn’t smoke pot in her vehicle while she was driving. She said it had been happening and wanted validation that she was right.

An allegedly “sketchy-looking” man clad in black with a large knife on his belt was walking around Whitefish.

A Bigfork resident reportedly called three times complaining about “almost getting knocked over from a radio beam” while walking around his home and he thought someone was in the attic because there was “nowhere else the beam could have come from.” During his third 911 call, he said he was knocked off his feet and demanded — “a car out front and a deputy in his attic, now.” Dispatch thought he sounded very confused and almost panicked.

Someone allegedly pushed dirt and rock onto a woman’s Kalispell property, damaging it and burying survey pins.

An inspector reportedly found a bullet inside a man’s septic system in Kalispell. It was unknown when the septic system was shot at.

A rude man at a Bigfork location was allegedly angry that a female he was with didn’t have a “good ID for drinking.” An employee said she had a paper ID that was hard to read and she did not look 21. The couple left.

A dog reportedly preferred using a woman’s yard as it’s personal bathroom and possibly wanted into the family when it kept scratching on her back door.

During recent flooding, a Kalispell man offered a large field for evacuees to park their campers and RVs.

A man in Marion claimed someone used his father’s vehicle, wrecked it and returned it with damage to the cab as if the driver backed into something really hard. He said items were also missing but didn’t know what exactly and wanted deputies to look at it before he touched anything.

A woman was allegedly driving recklessly in Columbia Falls when she was seen swerving all over the road and trying to pass another vehicle whose driver called deputies to report they were not letting her pass and were “forcing” another driver to go approximately 40 mph to keep her from passing. They were advised to stop trying to impede other drivers.