Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Innovative uses found for pants
The Kalispell Police Department received a report of a young man who was seen putting tools down his pants. In a separate call, someone was suspicious about a customer who had a package fall out of his pants that “…
Moving day goes haywire in Somers
Flathead County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a moving truck reportedly smashing into a cable and phone line pole on School Addition Road in Somers, causing it to fall over a neighbor’s lawn.
Woman can’t seem to butt out
A bullheaded woman on U.S. 2 in Hungry Horse purportedly called 911 to get deputies to buy her cigarettes. Dispatchers provided her with the non-emergency phone number, but she supposedly didn’t have a pen to write…
She knows who lets the dog out
A Whitefish woman told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, “her neighbor lets the dog out and it poops in her yard.” She said this was an ongoing problem.
Her ex has got her goats
Someone called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office with a “goat issue.” He said his ex-wife’s goats are constantly on his property, and he can’t keep his business doors open because the goats wander inside.
Man falls down, doesn’t get back up
It was clean up on aisle three when a purportedly intoxicated customer attempting to purchase more alcohol fell in a store on U.S. 2 in Kalispell and someone discovered him lying on the floor. The person calling in…
Parking lot party rattles wife
People were purportedly partying all night in a parking lot on U.S. 2 in Kalispell. The person calling in the report to Flathead County Sheriff’s Office said a camper with blacked-out windows and a tent had alleged…
Identity theft victim wants justice
A man called Whitefish Police Department claiming his identity was stolen 20 years ago, and since then, the identity thief has “gotten in trouble” with the law and “he has had to prove that he is not the person tha…
Where there’s smoke, there’s no fire
A man on Whitefish Stage Road told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office he “may have [seen] something on fire” but it didn’t turn out to be any cause for alarm.
Woman claims she can ‘say what she wants’
A Whitefish woman who always carries a firearm was reported to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office for yelling “obscenities” at her 7-year-old neighbor. The woman said her neighbors had been spraying chemicals and…
Man wants to know ‘if this is real’
A man left a message with Whitefish Police Department wanting to know “if this is real that on this beautiful day he can’t play on the playground with his kid,” after being told “by some lady” to leave. Whitefish S…
Census taker scared out of her wits
A frightened census taker called Flathead County Sheriff’s Office from Blackies Bay Road in Bigfork after reportedly being scared by a man who told her “to get the (expletive) off his property,” possibly banged on …
Lady’s lasagna just can’t wait
Someone accidentally called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office while removing a lasagna from the oven. When the dispatcher tried to get more information from her, she said she needed to finish the lasagna and hun…
Cut ankle monitor found in paper goods aisle
Someone allegedly cut their ankle monitor off and left it in the paper goods aisle of a big-box store on Hutton Ranch Road.
Man throws tantrum when asked to leave
Kalispell Police Department responded to a report about a transient inside a building who allegedly became irate when asked to leave by security staff who wanted to close up in addition to becoming “very aggressive…