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.
Kalispell man surrenders following SWAT response
Kalispell man surrenders following SWAT response
Law roundup: Police try tracking pranksters
A Columbia Falls Police Department officer hot on the tracks of a tip that youths were playing “ding, dong, ditch” in the area stopped to speak with five boys playing in the snow in the street.
Law Roundup: Owner of unruly dog accused of targeting cats
Officers with the Columbia Falls Police Department were called to an area home for a report of a dog potentially blocking traffic.
Law roundup: One-eyed man looks to quench thirst
An older man with one eye allegedly went into a casino wanting to buy alcohol for $2. He pointed his phone at an employee, saying he was shooting her with it, after she told him she couldn’t sell him anything for...
Law roundup: A killer or a Bob Marley fan?
Someone was probably left speechless after an “extremely cracked out” man allegedly came up to them in a parking lot and said he just killed a sheriff.
Law roundup: Doll display goes over woman’s head
A woman allegedly thought the residents of two houses across from each other were out their heads and involved in a satanic ritual when she complained they had doll heads impaled on fence posts.
Law roundup: Woman thinks ex is in upholstery
Kalispell Police Department officers checked a woman’s vehicle because she was allegedly convinced her ex was in the upholstery.
Law roundup: Owner lets dog run free, ignores complaint
A dog owner was frustrated and upset when a Kalispell Police Department officer showed up regarding a complaint her dog was running around a man’s property and growling at him. She reportedly told officers she wa...
Law roundup: Nice bicycles stored on private land arouse suspicions
Officers with the Kalispell Police Department were tasked with investigating “sketchy activity” in a neighborhood, possibly the result of homeless people “doing things.”
Law roundup: Woman takes officer’s instruction too far
A <strong>Kalispell Police Department</strong> officer on a traffic stop told a woman driving a black Honda with no license plates to pull forward a little bit to get out of the middle of the road and she reporte...
Law roundup: Is it wild or domestic?
Someone wanted the Kalispell Police Department to check out what they thought was a bobcat kitten hissing at people from its perch in a tree on the side of a building.
Law roundup: Mobile home a complete loss after fire
A mobile home on Hockaday Lane in Lakeside was destroyed in a fire Sunday night.
Law roundup: Woman trapped in car wash, freed
A woman was reportedly stuck in an automatic car wash for about 20 minutes when she called the Kalispell Police Department. She told officers she tried calling a phone number provided in the car wash but only got...
Law roundup: Adult goes the distance in infant care
A cautious caretaker called the Kalispell Police Department wanting to know if there was a law regarding how far away she could be from an infant inside her home while she took her dog out to go potty.
Law roundup: Officers advised to use stealth to catch noisy neighbors
A resident with apparently quite the history of dealing with his apartment-dwelling neighbors’ rowdy nightlife phoned the Columbia Falls Police Department to let them know that the party-hearty crowd was “back at...
Law roundup: Man shoots himself in the knee
A 26-year-old was putting a 10 mm 1911 pistol in his backpack when it went off and hit him in the knee.