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.
Florence 'Flora' Lauman, 97
Florence “Flora” Lauman passed away on Jan. 9, 2018, at the Prestige Assisted Living in Kalispell, at the age of 9…
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.
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.
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…
Law roundup: Man unhappy with gun-for-vehicle swap
Someone reportedly traded a gun for a vehicle but wanted the gun back when the vehicle broke down.
Law roundup: Naked man spotted in the wilds of Kalispell
A passerby reportedly spotted a naked man in the area, who was lying on the ground at the time. Kalispell Police Department alerted the jail.
Law roundup: Man clocked by stranger in ski mask
A man was reportedly left bleeding from the head in a Wendy’s parking lot after a stranger wearing a ski mask hit him on the back of the head with something metal and took off on a bike.
Law roundup: Woman saves ducklings from storm drain
A woman called the Kalispell Police Department, reportedly concerned about the fate of ducklings that fell into a storm drain at the location where she worked, saying Fish and Game advised her that they couldn’t he…
Law roundup: The cup is half empty when chucked at car
A blue sedan reportedly drove around a park a few times checking out a man when one of the passengers, a teenage girl with red hair, threw a partially filled drink at his car. The gas station cup landed ...
Law roundup: Phantom heavy machine operator plagues fairgrounds
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Law roundup: Man with gas can seen by truck leaking gas
A blue truck was allegedly leaking gas in front of a store, and a passerby told police they saw a man with a gas can by the vehicle and took pictures of him, thinking he might be stealing the gas. Officers received…
Law roundup: There’s a new sheriff in town
Someone's agitated upstairs neighbor allegedly yelled out the window that he was a sheriff and was on the phone with law enforcement. Responding officers told him to keep it down, through the open window, because h…
Law roundup: Man assaults driver in fit of road rage
A man experiencing road rage reportedly tailgated another vehicle, following it to a location where he got out and hit the other driver's phone out of his hand before leaving in a black Volkswagen with a second mal…
Law roundup: Man hits security boss with sleeping bag
A man in his late 40s or early 50s, who was hanging out in front of a store, allegedly yelled obscenities at people and wacked a security employee’s boss with a sleeping bag.
Law roundup: Company vanishes with tax docs
A taxpayer trying to file their taxes allegedly ran into issues when the company they filed with disappeared, but still had all their tax documents.
Law roundup: Man encouraged to finish sleeping it off
After a silver Subaru station wagon with out-of-state plates had taken up a spot in the parking lot for the third consecutive day, a church employee phoned the Kalispell Police Department.