Law roundup: Boat launch dispute threatens to boil over

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a man allegedly threatening to shoot people at a boat launch. He reportedly was looking for something in his vehicle after he was confronted about driving the wrong way. People tried to continue arguing with him and someone yelled at them to back away while a camp host called rangers. When people stopped arguing he reportedly kept “yelling at nothing.” Deputies detained the man.

A man calling from Whitefish complained about his neighbor who was reportedly running a generator all day every day. He wanted to know what could be done. Authorities informed him that the simplest solution might be talking to the neighbor about it because there wasn’t a noise ordinance. Although he didn’t know the person, he was already concerned about being assaulted.

Meanwhile, someone’s tranquility was disturbed in Somers and they complained about noise coming from what sounded like a party or people playing a game on a patio. They also noted their unhappiness with the lack of a noise ordinance. They complained as well that people shooting weapons was also keeping the neighborhood up. The individual was likely dismayed to learn that, if done in a safe manner (proper backstop and lighting, for example), the activity was not illegal.

Someone’s girlfriend asked a driver who sped down a Kalispell road to slow down. Instead, he allegedly sped off, the wheels throwing gravel on the couple.

A gang of five to six dogs were reportedly running around a Hungry Horse neighborhood and meeting on a man’s front porch at night to howl.

A “clearly sick” bat allegedly hissed at an Essex resident and tried to climb a door on his house but couldn’t. He thought the bat was rabid.

Deputies responded to a report in Columbia Falls where someone apparently tried to break into a truck, setting off the alarm, and a neighbor saw what looked like a person trying to get into a house while the owners were gone.

Columbia Falls residents were reportedly burning rubber or garbage which emitted dark, foul-smelling smoke that caused a woman to feel ill. Deputies contacted the homeowner. The fire was extinguished.

Eight to 12 geese walked onto the road allegedly creating a traffic hazard.

Drivers were allegedly blowing through a stop sign that was turned around in Kalispell.