Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Differences hugged out rather than punched out
Someone reportedly thought two men were about to start fighting when they were told to leave an apartment and began arguing outside.
Law Roundup: Man grabs unknown teen by ear to get him to shape up
A man in a fast-food restaurant allegedly felt the need to grab an 18-year-old's ear and tell him, “To stop disrespecting business,” as he tried to walk outside.
Law roundup: Woman allegedly tries igniting yard decor
A man called the Kalispell Police Department alleging that a woman tried to light lawn decor on fire in his front yard after finding burnt matchsticks near a metal planter.
Law roundup: Buyer free to keep playing banjo
Someone who allegedly bought a banjo in Woodland Park about a month ago called the Kalispell Police Department wanting to know if it was stolen.
Law roundup: Sign of the times
A woman playing public works — street division allegedly kept putting signs in the middle of the road that stated, “slippery when wet” and “children at play.” In addition, she would remove signs denoting the bicycl…
Law roundup: Bicyclist bides time with firecrackers
A bicyclist reportedly entertained himself by chucking firecrackers in the road and yelling at vehicles driving by in Kalispell.
Law roundup: Gentleman tells stranger to pee on a tree
Someone requested extra patrol in a park after a "gentleman" purportedly told him to relieve himself on a tree to like he did since the bathrooms were locked.
Law roundup: Teen allegedly given prop money in change
Store security called police on a teen who reportedly paid for items with a real $20 bill and a fake $10 bill described as looking like the kind of money used as a prop in movies
Law roundup: Testy man gives stranger a ‘mean mug’
A man allegedly got out of a red minivan with a Washington license plate and unprovoked, pulled up his camo hoodie, flashed a handgun on his hip and began “mean mugging” another man who was sitting in his truck wai…
Law roundup: Man attempts traffic stop in Maserati
The owner of an Italian luxury car accused a pair of teenagers of damaging his $100,000 ride by purposefully spraying it with rocks while peeling out of an intersection. The motorist told officers with the Kalispel…
Law roundup: Something smells funny about canvasser
A woman called the Kalispell Police Department to report her vehicle was stolen four years ago and that a friend recently saw it parked somewhere
Law roundup: 'Ransacker’ rearranges store merchandise
Kalispell Police Department responded to a report that a 30-year-old woman was allegedly “ransacking” a store by moving items around and shoving merchandise into other merchandise.
Law roundup: Woman wants investigation on blood
A woman contacted Kalispell Police Department wanting to know why an investigation wasn't done on blood she reportedly found in a park.
Law Roundup: Caller loses sight of speeding vehicle
A White Jeep was speeding down Western Drive and spinning doughnuts, a caller reported to Kalispell Police Department, before losing the vehicle because it was going too fast.
Law Roundup: Standing in drive-through doesn’t yield lunch
A man in a brown sweater and black hat and a woman wearing black shorts and a white shirt were standing in a restaurant drive-through asking people to buy them food. The manager called the Kalispell Police Departme…