Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Man stirs up drive-thru hullabaloo
An angry man called Kalispell Police Department to air his grievances with drive-thru employees. He alleged the employees “were mean to him,” at the window and said he was cursing, which he adamantly denied. He the…
Neighborly dispute gets wet and wild
A man told the Kalispell Police Department his neighbor sprayed his mother with a hose after his mother tried to videotape the neighbor yelling at her.
Neighbor dispute turns to name-calling
A woman told the Kalispell Police Department she was outside playing with her children when her neighbor started screaming at her and calling her a pejorative term for a working woman. The woman being harassed said…
Abnormal caller promises not to be crazy
Someone called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office because he wanted to know if law enforcement could tell his location based on the call. He claimed he was a new resident at a property where there used to be “leg…
Unmanned boat found at Echo Lake
A small, unmanned boat drifted into Echo Lake Bay. A nearby homeowner and his wife said he saw it float in from the end of the peninsula but he did “not recognize it as a boat they have seen before.” The Flathead C…
Bear just hangs around Whitefish
Someone on Suncrest Drive reportedly saw an adult black bear on a deck. The bear wasn’t getting into anything it was just standing on the porch. Whitefish Police Department alerted the neighbors.
Computer held hostage by ransomware
Someone allegedly called 911 to report they purchased several prepaid gift cards in an attempt to pay for the release of their computer, which was being held hostage by ransomware.
Man jumps into car at stoplight
A heavily inebriated man was reportedly seen peeing on a sidewalk, yelling and screaming at cars.
Man can’t keep up with female jogger
A woman was running in Columbia Falls and a suspicious man tried to run with her, she told the Columbia Falls Police Department. When the trench-coat-wearing man stopped running, he yelled at the runner’s dog to “s…
Praying man doesn’t need assistance
A man seemed “distraught” in a park when he was seen “hunkered over in a fetal position” and heard “screaming and yelling.” However, he told the Kalispell Police Department he was praying and did not need any assis…
Grizzly bears pass on the pork
A woman was home alone when she told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office a grizzly bear and two cubs got into her pig pen. She had two pigs in the pen that she was worried about, but she said the bears ran away.
Slow mail day must mean thievery
A man told the Whitefish Police Department he was convinced his mail was being stolen and he suspected a woman he saw near the mailboxes was the thief. Even though he was “not sure specifically what is missing,” he…
Man wonders about ‘citizen’s arrest’
A man allegedly had questions for Flathead County Sheriff’s Office about making a “citizen’s arrest” on a public official in Kalispell. The man purportedly wanted to know what his rights were for taking such an act…
Rowdy drivers interrupt peace and quiet
Vehicles allegedly seen racing were being “very rowdy and reckless.”
Group kicked out after parking battle
About eight to nine men were allegedly blocking the road in front of a grocery entrance with their vehicles/rigs. When staff asked them to move to a spot where they weren’t blocking traffic, they reportedly started…