Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Reckless drivers are par for the course
A woman driving a red BMW allegedly tried to pass a man driving a black Ford Raptor that was weaving in and out of lanes on U.S. 93 South with a child sitting in the front seat. She reportedly told old Kalispell Po…
Law roundup: Shoplifter’s gotta catch all the trading cards
An alleged repeat shoplifter, suspected of stealing trading cards, was spotted in a store again, and the business wanted him removed from the property. Over two weeks, he reportedly stole trading cards worth hundre…
Law roundup: Man and woman steal forbidden fruit
A couple allegedly climbed into a man’s apple tree and began picking the fruit. Despite telling the man and woman it was private property and not to steal his apples, they reportedly continued to pick three bags wo…
Law roundup: Brute stirs the pot in apartment parking lot
Someone out walking their dog hid in the bushes and called the Kalispell Police Department when they reportedly happened upon about eight adults brawling in an apartment parking lot.
Law roundup: Life is not a bed of roses for sleeping man
A man wearing a gray shirt but no pants was reportedly found sleeping in a rose garden. Kalispell Police Department officers issued a ticket for disorderly conduct.
Law roundup: Shoplifter tries old con on for size
Putting on an old con for size, a would-be shoplifter tried to swap her outfit for new threads in the changing room of a store. Employees unraveled the scheme and kept her on layaway until the Kalispell Police Depa…
Law roundup: Bar patron taps out in the bushes
A bar patron reportedly put his hands on someone and shoved another man. The man left after being told to and was spotted partially lying in the bushes across the highway, which officers received a second call abou…
Law roundup: 'They'll know when they see her’
A thin, rope-toting woman with dreadlocks, who was wearing a pink dress and cowboy boots, reportedly stood in the median, which concerned someone, who thought she would get hit by a car.
Law roundup: Woman bears the burden of uninsured driver's actions
A woman called the Kalispell Police Department, reportedly unhappy that an alleged hit-and-run incident was being treated as a traffic violation. She wanted to know what she was supposed to do with two vehicles tot…
Law roundup: Reckless drivers are off to the races
Teens riding dirtbikes allegedly got into an altercation with the occupants of a blue sedan at the intersection of Old Reserve Drive. The person who called the police reportedly thought the teens had almost crashed…
Law roundup: Man spends bike ride chasing cars in lot
A man, allegedly under the influence of drugs, rode a green bike up and down a parking lot, chasing cars and yelling at construction workers.
Law roundup: Sporting goods customer spoiling for a fight
An argument between an employee in a store's sporting goods area and a potential customer nearly ended up in fisticuffs. The employee later told the Kalispell Police Department that the man, accompanied by an 8-yea…
Law roundup: Accused drunk driver actually fine to drive
An off-duty sheriff's deputy flagged the driver of a white Dodge for the Kalispell Police Department, telling officers the rig was weaving and swerving into the lane for oncoming traffic.
Law roundup: Search underway for missing plant
A man called the Kalispell Police Department looking for a plant that he thought officers may have put into the property closet for him when he was arrested in June.
Law roundup: Careless golfer needs new aim line
A man on Colorado Avenue called the Whitefish Police Department, complaining that someone kept hitting golf balls into the apartment complex.