Law roundup: Person talks turkey with police

Whitefish Police Department received a call from someone all aflutter, claiming an officer in a silver “K9 police car” tried to hit a turkey. And there’s no telling what they’ll try come Thanksgiving. 

A teen driver reportedly passed a man driving a gray Audi on Montana 40 and the man followed him. The man, who allegedly smelled like alcohol, got out of his car and grabbed the teen by the throat, telling him he was going to “teach him the rules.” An officer spoke to the teen and his mother, who said she would handle the issue at home and did not wish it to be investigated further. 

After an exchange of middle fingers during an alleged road rage incident on U.S. 93, a pair of Canadians called 911 saying the driver of a Dodge 3500 truck passed and brake-checked them then pointed a revolver at them as they passed him. He reportedly told an officer they must have mistaken his pointed finger for a gun but admitted having a revolver in the middle console.  

A manager on U.S. 93 allegedly had camera footage of a customer using a gas pump handle to bash in the front of the pump. 

A child riding a bicycle was reportedly hit by a gray van on Railway Street. 

Five teens in a black Bronco reportedly chucked fireworks out the windows at pedestrians, according to a passerby on Colorado Avenue. 

Someone on Third Street was allegedly surprised by a blond man in his late 30s who walked into the boat they were pulling and started punching it. He also screamed and swore at them standing in the middle of the road. 

Someone reportedly stole a man’s clothes at a laundromat on U.S. 93. 

The car alarm on a gray Subaru Forester with a “for sale” sign in the window was allegedly going off all day on Baker Avenue.  

A driver spotted roughly 10 jackknives in a turn lane on U.S. 93. 

Someone went to the police department alleging they were threatened with blackmail for Bitcoin.  

A man allegedly lost his black wallet containing his ID, $400 to $500 and credit cards on Wisconsin Avenue. 

An electrical box alarm was reportedly sounding on Birch Point Drive.