Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Bitter father-in-law threatens to ‘get him’
A man’s father-in-law allegedly pointed a gun at him and threatened to kill him, saying he would “get him when he least expected it.” The man told the Kalispell Police Department that the in-law was upset about ...
Law roundup: Guns and lemonade for sale in Kila
Flathead County Sheriff’s Officer received a report about “guns and lemonade for sale” in Kila.
Law roundup: Man gets violent over phone
A man reportedly attacked a couple in a tent near the train by Woodland Park. He allegedly punched a woman ...
Law roundup: Resident gets their goat
Someone called 911 and hung up, then called again to report a dozen goats stampeding through yards
Law Roundup: People likely cooking food, not meth
A woman complained of becoming lightheaded from a strong acetone odor emanating from a neighbor’s apartment into the hallway. The pungent odor ...
Law Roundup: Woman calls about 'sketchy stuff'
A woman reportedly saw a man with a spoon, blowtorch and knives doing “sketchy stuff” in his car at a clinic.
Law roundup: Patient ditches hospital to ‘play in traffic’
A man allegedly left the hospital “against medical advice” and then moved along by security when he was seen peeking into cars in the parking lot.
Law roundup: Horse bucks life in the fast lane
A white horse on the loose reportedly avoided traffic by using the bike lane in Marion.
Law roundup: Employees try to iron out theft case
Stumbling across an online post featuring a waffle iron, an employee of a hotel suspected it might be the very same waffle maker that had earlier gone missing from the business.
Law roundup: Bat-wielding woman wants a crack at fixing crooked parking job
A woman was reportedly beating vehicles with a bat she also swung at two men who lived with her. She allegedly told a Kalispell Police Department officer that one of the men was supposed to pull a limo into the gar…
Law roundup: Visitors leave the state, ditching friend at jail
A 26-year-old man reportedly wanted to “charge his friends for abandoning him” when they took off to Wisconsin, leaving him stranded at the detention center when he was released from jail.
Law roundup: Man’s offering is not person’s cup of tea
Someone out watering flowers downtown for the city reportedly had the misfortune of seeing a barefoot man with red curly hair urinate in a cup.
Law roundup: Man reports ‘typical drug dealing behavior’
A man allegedly ran down vehicles he thought were involved in a drug deal outside his house describing it to the Kalispell Police Department as “typical drug dealing behavior.”
Law roundup: Woman wired up about piano damage
Cue Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 18.” A woman called the Kalispell Police Department suspicious that someone cut the wires of her piano as opposed to being worn through.
Law roundup: Officers help man tighten his belt
Officers with the Kalispell Police Department briefly dabbled in tailoring after receiving multiple reports of a man walking around town struggling to keep his pants up.