Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Man keeps cool by tossing fridge in the nude
A naked man was spotted pushing a refrigerator down the sidewalk behind a location, possibly heading toward dumpsters, according to someone who called the Kalispell Police Department.
Law roundup: Woman worries fight with the devil will bother guests
A man was reportedly heard screaming that he was fighting the devil and a woman called the Kalispell Police Department that his spiritual warfare would bother her guests.
Law roundup: Property feud goes back three decades
Fed up with a longstanding feud with a neighbor, a resident asked the Kalispell Police Department to intervene. They accused their neighbor of regularly trespassing on their land for about three decades. Finding th…
Law roundup: Cruisers aren’t good sports to Olympics fan
A resident allegedly called the Kalispell Police Department wanting to know how to get a car cruise shut down after 25 vehicles drove by his house and were so loud he couldn’t hear the Olympics on his TV.
Law roundup: Dispatcher isn’t in need of saving
A woman reportedly called 911 to quote scripture to a dispatcher who abandoned the call to answer multiple emergency calls coming in.
Law roundup: Reckless driver caught on candid camera
After a home security camera captured a motorist driving down the wrong side of the road, a Martha Road resident turned the license plate number over to the Columbia Falls Police Department. They also said the vehi…
Law roundup: Woman can’t find way out of wrecked SUV
An “old lady” reportedly hit a parked SUV, causing her SUV to flip on its side. She declined medical assistance but didn’t know how to get out.
Law roundup: Why did the tortoise go to the courthouse?
Authorities identified it as a young African spurred tortoise, a threatened species of tortoise from the West African Sahel that doubles as a pet. One of the largest tortoises in the world, the African spurred tort…
Law roundup: Adults and children monkey around in the trees
lathead County Sheriff's Office received a report that three middle-aged men, two children and one woman were purportedly climbing a woman’s trees in Kalispell.
Law roundup: Kalispell's Royal Highness: ‘Off with her head’
A woman in a restaurant, who claimed to be royalty, reportedly brushed off a cashier/on-site manager by telling her she would “have her head taken off.” Her Highness ...
Law roundup: Woman blasts neighbor’s robust sprinkler
A woman alleged a neighbor was intentionally turning a sprinkler on at “full blast” to damage her fence and was “not paying for it.”
Law roundup: Hotel guest opts for rustic experience
After apparently painting the town red, a hotel guest only made it as far as the floor of the second story hallway before making camp for the night.
Law roundup: Woman sick of parasitic brother
A woman was unhappy to learn she would have to go through the formal eviction process to kick out her brother who allegedly had been “living off her” for the past four years.
Law roundup: Group hits the road, vexed passenger hits the car
A passenger reportedly got out of a small brown SUV full of people and dogs and began punching the window.
Law roundup: 911 caller reports brother for ‘being mean’
Someone reportedly called 911 because their brother was “being mean,” and refusing to leave the location. The caller thought ...