Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Company vanishes with tax docs
A taxpayer trying to file their taxes allegedly ran into issues when the company they filed with disappeared, but still had all their tax documents.
Law roundup: Man encouraged to finish sleeping it off
After a silver Subaru station wagon with out-of-state plates had taken up a spot in the parking lot for the third consecutive day, a church employee phoned the Kalispell Police Department.
Law roundup: Movie prop money circulates around Kalispell
A customer reportedly paid an employee with movie prop money.
Law roundup: Meth chef blamed for setting off fire alarm
A fire alarm went off in an apartment building and a child reportedly told responders that someone was “cooking meth” in one of the apartments. A water leak in a sprinkler had reportedly set off the fire alarm.
Law roundup: Man harasses police about years old charge
An upset man threatened to keep calling 911 until officers “did something” about an incident years ago when he was allegedly arrested and charged with stalking.
Law roundup: Siri calls 911 when man asks for app help
A dispatcher called back the phone number associated with a 911 hangup, and a man reportedly answered, saying he was using his phone’s digital assistant to get help with an app when it called 911.
Law roundup: Toddler has different take on potty training
A 2-year-old reportedly got a toilet seat stuck on his head. While someone was on the phone with the Kalispell Police Department for assistance, the child became unstuck from the seat.
Law roundup: Between two dumpsters
A trespasser was spotted between two dumpsters in a store parking lot and reportedly refused to leave, making herself comfortable by taking a seat in a chair to wait for Kalispell Police Department officers to arri…
Law roundup: Man reports premonition to police
A clairvoyant man called the Kalispell Police Department to report drivers in their late teens were allegedly speeding, weaving in traffic and drifting at a light in a Mustang, Corvette and Hellcat.
Law roundup: Property manager sick of dealing with garbage people
A property manager was exasperated with the number of unauthorized people dumping trash in garbage containers, ignoring multiple signs stating the bins were not for public use.
Law roundup: Neighbor has bone to pick with animal owners
Kalispell Police Department received a report about a woman allegedly banging on a man’s door to complain about his dog being on her property, to which he yelled at her to get off his property and flipped her off.
Law roundup: Officers don’t have to look for banned man
Someone reported a theft and asked Kalispell Police Department officers to advise the man reportedly involved that he was banned from all locations for a year.
Law roundup: Inebriated man knocks himself out
A man alleged that he was jumped, beaten and fell. He told Kalispell Police ...
Law roundup: Trouble bruin in Somers home
Hearing a slamming noise and voices coming from the downstairs about 2 a.m., a woman staying at a relative's home in Somers armed herself with a knife and phoned the Flathead County Sheriff's Office.
Law roundup: Here comes the man in black
A lanky man wearing all black and accompanied by two women allegedly loaded a cart with merchandise and rolled out of the store without paying.