Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Queen of the hill asserts dominance
A woman in the company of two men was purportedly “screaming profanities on the hill,” and threatening to come down and beat up someone’s boyfriend near Woodland Park.
Will hat trick reveal car thief?
The owner of a stolen vehicle that was recovered reportedly found a hat left by the thief. The vehicle owner advised Kalispell Police Department they were planning to have someone take the hat to a man they suspect…
Mom is off limits as topic for youth
Kalispell Police Department responded to a “they were talking about my mom situation,” when one boy allegedly pulled out a knife and threatened another boy in the neighborhood. Officers determined a knife was in pl…
Black bear makes pit stop at bird feeder
Someone told Kalispell Police Department a small black bear was in their front yard and it had gotten into a bird feeder.
Octogenarian gets unruly at facility
An 80-year-old with dementia was apparently acting disorderly at the facility where she lives, according to a call to the Kalispell Police Department. Even though she uses a walker, the woman still allegedly manage…
‘Unsavory’ people counseled in Whitefish
Some people described as “very unsavory” were spotted outside a converted van or truck and one of them was apparently urinating on a vehicle. The Whitefish Police Department counseled them on city ordinances.
Wrong directions or bad behavior?
A woman allegedly got lost in a stranger’s backyard when she got out of an older vehicle, went through the gate and was seen walking around a storage shed by someone’s daughter who was home alone. A concerned paren…
Officers clear men with gear from tree
Kalispell Police Department received a report of three or four men dressed in paramilitary gear and wearing night-vision goggles, who were in a tree in the corner of a yard. Police “cleared the tree.”
Woman causes parking-lot drama
Kalispell Police Department responded to a call from an employee who returned some possessions a woman left in the restaurant and she allegedly went to the parking lot where she started throwing stuff. The woman re…
Man’s singing mistaken for screaming
A man’s singing reportedly translated as random yelling and screaming to someone who called Kalispell Police Department claiming he was “higher than a kite,” adding that he was kicking the ground while walking on C…
Scary suspicions are delusions
A woman told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office she thought she saw her neighbor load a woman’s body into a truck. She believed she heard the man fighting with the woman after he brought her home from a bar the n…
‘Some kind of rumbling’ in Whitefish
A homeowner told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office they thought they felt an earthquake in Whitefish. They said they felt “some kind of rumbling” and asked law enforcement to report back if they found out anythi…
Garden a graveyard for animals
A woman allegedly turned bones in to Kalispell Police Department that she found while gardening. A veterinarian determined the bones were from an animal and they were disposed of.
Would you like extra fraud on that pizza?
Kalispell Police Department received a phone from someone in Utah who claimed they were receiving alerts that their credit card number was being used to order pizza online and the business had their address.
Flashlight needed to find asparagus
A passerby told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office concerned about a man in a ditch with a flashlight. When the person asked if everything was OK, the man in the ditch didn’t answer. However, law enforcement lear…