Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Safe discovery is anything but
A man called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to report finding a grenade when he cleaned his father’s gun safe. He didn’t know if it was live, but he put it in another room. A sheriff’s deputy collected the gr…
Transient troubles in Whitefish
A transient camp was set up on the back porch of an abandoned building, according to the Whitefish Police Department.
Mutton-chop runs off with the laptop
A man with mutton-chop sideburns wearing a bowler-style hat and a blue-haired woman are reportedly suspects in an alleged laptop computer theft after someone called the Kalispell Police Department to report the thi…
Burglar scared off by family dog
A dog may have prevented an recent incident from becoming much more. According to a report from the Kalispell Police Department, a caller said someone kicked in his front door while he was sitting on the couch. But…
Citizen concerned for canned cat
A resident of Mountain Drive requested help from Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies after finding a kitten with its head stuck in an aluminum can. The reporting party said they were afraid the cat would hurt itself…
Rabble-rousing rooster ruins respit
A Bear Canyon Road rooster’s racket led to a phone call to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office. The foul fowl was apparently too noisy from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Child caught in a tight squeeze
According to the Whitefish Police Department call logs, a second-grade student’s head was stuck in a railing. An officer was on the way to help when the child was freed.
Kitty held captive in dispute
According to Flathead County Sheriff’s Office logs, a man claimed that a woman stole his cat and was demanding a $150 ramsom. He said he was going to speak with her to see if it could be worked out.
Transients cause kerfuffle over gazebo
A person was unable to enjoy a family luncheon because of transients sitting in a gazebo. The person felt that transients shouldn’t be able to use the gazebo because they didn’t help to pay for its construction.
Now we know who let the dogs out
Someone called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to report three loose dogs. As it were, the owner’s 5-year-old daughter accidentally let them out. An officer informed the owners of county animal ordinances and …
Report of gun on campus unfounded
Two Glacier High School students’ report to a staff member alleging someone had brought a gun on campus proved to be unfounded, however, a student was given a “trespass notification” not to return to the school Mon…
Micah the Lab looking for way home
A male chocolate Lab, Micah, was still looking for a way home after a Flathead County Sheriff’s deputy texted the number on his collar and received no response. The dog was going to be taken to the county animal sh…
Seven stubborn mules seek greener pastures
Several people called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to report a bunch of mules on the run on Farm to Market Road. They had broken though a fence and one woman ended up with seven of them in her driveway. One…
For three bears, trash is just right
A security officer called the Whitefish Police Department to report that a man had reported a female black bear with two cubs on his back porch. State officials were notified. Perhaps not surprisingly, another call…
Power pole cat-astrophe averted
A person called the Kalispell Police Department to report a cat that had crawled up a power pole. The person called the Flathead Electric Cooperative and wanted it to turn off the power and get the feline down. The…