Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Suitcase in deep water floats on
Someone was suspicious of a suitcase floating in water that was too deep for them to retrieve.
Law roundup: Noisy neighbor interrupts bear’s all-you-can-eat buffet
Ambling along Council Bluffs Drive, a bear found its breakfast buffet interrupted by a noisy neighbor. The resident scared the bear off, but not before it had rummaged through several garbage bins and knocked at le…
Law roundup: Person wants to know what’s in the box — and the bag
Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a person on a bicycle dragging a black plastic bag and a box.
Law roundup: Noisy bear gives Lakeside resident pause
A bear allegedly got stuck outside a Lakeside residence and was heard struggling by someone who told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office it might be caught on a fence.
Law roundup: Son calls police over chore list
A mother reportedly told Columbia Falls Police Department she didn’t want her son around when he called the police because he was upset about having to do things around the house.
Law roundup: A dream comes true for Kalispell woman
A woman, who wasn’t making sense, allegedly told a dispatcher she just woke up from a dream and she was not sure what was going on, that it all might be a dream, but she heard “some drama.” She also mentioned ...
Law roundup: Vehicle wipes out four mailboxes
A vehicle reportedly struck four mailboxes and fled the scene, leaving behind car parts in its wake.
Law roundup: Man’s screaming leaves passerby concerned
Hearing what sounded like a man's screams emanating from a white minivan on Nucleus Avenue, a concerned passerby asked the Columbia Falls Police Department to check it out.
Law roundup: Phone calls from the great beyond
Over the past couple of weeks, a general manager reportedly received more than 40 phone calls from someone requesting that they "pick her up since she is dead.”
Law roundup: Neighbor ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
A neighbor called the Kalispell Police Department to bark about a neighbor’s two boisterous basset hounds.
Law roundup: Woman encouraged to stay out of trouble
A woman reportedly yelled and screamed in a parking lot and was spotted getting into vehicles.
Law roundup: Chapped thief banned from store locations
An alleged shoplifter was banned from all the store’s locations for one year for stealing $10 lotion.
Law roundup: Mon blocks private drive for school pick up
A resident allegedly had had enough of an entitled woman parking her GMC Denali in front of their driveway, waiting for her child to get out of school, and called the Kalispell Police Department, saying they had as…
Law roundup: Teens back in the high life again
A group of teenagers looking to enjoy the high life jumped from the balcony of their apartment to the roof of an adjacent business in Columbia Falls.
Law roundup: Every time a bell rings, an angel commits burglary
Multiple “angels” reportedly broke into a woman’s apartment one morning, stole her groceries, fed her cat and flew away.