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Law Roundup

The Daily Inter Lake's Law Roundup provides daily updates on crime and public disturbance news happening around town. Browse the latest stories below.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago

Shotgun deters pair of intruders

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Updated 2 days, 3 hours ago
Law roundup: A dream comes true for Kalispell woman

A woman, who wasn’t making sense, allegedly told a dispatcher she just woke up from a dream and she was not sure what was going on, that it all might be a dream, but she heard “some drama.” She also mentioned ...

Updated 3 days, 3 hours ago
Law roundup: Vehicle wipes out four mailboxes

A vehicle reportedly struck four mailboxes and fled the scene, leaving behind car parts in its wake.

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
Law roundup: Man’s screaming leaves passerby concerned

Hearing what sounded like a man's screams emanating from a white minivan on Nucleus Avenue, a concerned passerby asked the Columbia Falls Police Department to check it out.

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
Law roundup: Phone calls from the great beyond

Over the past couple of weeks, a general manager reportedly received more than 40 phone calls from someone requesting that they "pick her up since she is dead.”

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Law roundup: Neighbor ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog

A neighbor called the Kalispell Police Department to bark about a neighbor’s two boisterous basset hounds.

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
Law roundup: Woman encouraged to stay out of trouble

A woman reportedly yelled and screamed in a parking lot and was spotted getting into vehicles.

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
Law roundup: Chapped thief banned from store locations

An alleged shoplifter was banned from all the store’s locations for one year for stealing $10 lotion.

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
Law roundup: Mon blocks private drive for school pick up

A resident allegedly had had enough of an entitled woman parking her GMC Denali in front of their driveway, waiting for her child to get out of school, and called the Kalispell Police Department, saying they had as…

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Law roundup: Teens back in the high life again

A group of teenagers looking to enjoy the high life jumped from the balcony of their apartment to the roof of an adjacent business in Columbia Falls.

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Law roundup: Every time a bell rings, an angel commits burglary

Multiple “angels” reportedly broke into a woman’s apartment one morning, stole her groceries, fed her cat and flew away.

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Law roundup: Mowing the grass one blade at a time

Unfettered by modern technology, a man clad in flannel pants and a green vest got out a knife and began cutting grass by a park pavilion, putting the clippings in a shopping cart.

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Law Roundup: How many people does it take to move a Jeep

A man with a large knife on his side who was working on a disabled Jeep in a parking lot was allegedly making employees and customers nervous after overstaying his welcome.

Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Law roundup: Car owner does not appreciate side of sauce

A man in a blue Ford Ranger reportedly threw “crazy sauce” at someone’s car.

Updated 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Law roundup: Firebug threatens to blow up building

A man reportedly “freaking out” and playing with a lighter, at a gas station, lit a cigarette and threatened to blow up the building.

Updated 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Law roundup: Police sicced on disc golfers mistaken for homeless people

After getting into an argument with two men they suspected of being homeless, a college employee asked the Kalispell Police Department to intervene. Upon further investigation, though, the men turned out to be play…