Law roundup: Shoplifters make off with melons

Two males allegedly stole two large watermelons and took off running.

Individuals purportedly “participating in adult activities” in Kalispell were counseled by Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies about their behavior.

A man in Columbia Falls was allegedly punched in the face and lost a tooth. The alleged assailant was detained.

Someone taking out the trash in Kalispell was trash-talked by a man who said he would hurt them and went inside to get something. They called deputies and got upset when dispatchers asked for more information about possible weapons and names.

Six goats on the loose had been hanging out at a Kalispell property for two days. The goats were wearing transmitter collars and one had a rope tangled in its horns. 

Someone allegedly kept driving by a Whitefish residential development, taunting security guards.

So-called friends reportedly fought stage-front in Whitefish. Deputies spoke to a mother who said the parties separated and were leaving the location.  Five minutes later, someone called deputies when the boys continued their grand exit by fighting on the ground. 

An angry contractor reportedly returned to a Lakeside residence and damaged the driveway, spouting off threats.

A man allegedly told deputies his wife was assaulted at work by a supervisor.

Someone calling from Columbia Falls reportedly shot a dog that killed his pig.

Two neighbor kids allegedly burned and cut a rope used to secure a hammock that a mother told deputies her son had purchased with his own money.

A black lab puppy walked into a man’s workplace after someone allegedly left it with water and didn’t return. He told the Kalispell Police Department that he took the abandoned pup home and would drop it off at the shelter in the morning.

A female in the driver’s seat of a Honda was reportedly overdosing when her passenger called the police saying she was blue and wasn’t breathing after using cocaine. He said they were going to the hospital, but didn’t want to, and that other “younger people” in the car, including a 15 to 16-year-old girl, left on foot.

A couple in a blue SUV allegedly went from “very lively” to slumped over, according to a bank employee who thought the man and woman might have taken drugs. The employee said they saw toilet paper stained with something that looked like blood. Responding officers said both parties were fine.

A man reportedly received threatening calls and texts from a woman about signing over a title to a car he no longer owned. He allegedly sold the car a year ago to a woman, who sold it to a man, who may have sold it to the harasser.

A parent was on a walk with their daughters when they reportedly interrupted a neighbor’s drug deal and told officers the neighbor “used an aggressive tone” toward them and wanted the information logged because there were ongoing issues with them smoking weed.

A car alarm reportedly went off every 10 minutes for an hour, annoying a neighbor who said the lights flashed even when the alarm wasn’t going off. They resorted to name-calling, telling officers the car owner was a “cuckoo who lives with his grandma.”

A man in the driver’s seat of a parked truck occupied by three young children allegedly gave the impression he was “tweaking out” on drugs when he flailed around. Someone told police the truck also stalled a few times while leaving the parking lot.