Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Cargo van suspiciously reeks of rotting meat
A foul odor like rotting meat was reportedly radiating from the back end of a big white cargo van in a parking lot.
Law roundup: Feisty feline accused of beatings
A woman called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office alleging their neighbor’s outdoor cat comes on her property and “beats her cat.” “Rodeo guys”
Law roundup: Parking lot is drunk man’s challenge of the day
A parking lot might as well of been an obstacle course when a severely intoxicated man was spotted having difficulties walking to his apartment and kept lying down between cars. After about three hours ...
Law roundup: Dogs attracted to pickup’s pungent odor
Dogs were reportedly attracted to sniffing a pungent odor emanating from a red pickup that had been parked in a lot since October.
Law Roundup: Boom go the fireworks, all night long
Multiple reports of huge fireworks being shot off in Kalispell's city limits. One group got "mouthy" when asked to simmer down for the evening.
Law roundup: If you can't beat'em, join'em
After coming across a man haranguing an intersection with a megaphone, a passerby inquired with the Kalispell Police Department whether that was allowed.
Law roundup: Camaro is too fast, too furious
A Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputy reportedly witnessed a Camaro do a burnout, lose control and hit a post at an oil change business in Kalispell. The driver was ticketed and released.
Law roundup: Woman with shears hates the rain
A suspicious woman with garden shears and smeared makeup was reportedly going door-to-door in a neighborhood saying she hates the rain.
Law roundup: Man whiles away summer evening shooting the sky
A lone man sitting in a lawn chair in Hungry Horse allegedly shot a handgun in the air repeatedly.
Law roundup: Neighbor surveys he doesn’t like boundary
A disgruntled neighbor crossed the line when he was reportedly seen pulling a survey marker out of a woman’s yard.
Law roundup: Wine time sends woman on a crying jag
An employee asked the Columbia Falls Police Department to check on and move along a drunk woman lying on the concrete in front of the doors of the establishment, crying about her husband.
Law roundup: Beware of online strangers asking for money
The rapid souring of an online relationship left a resident turning to the Kalispell Police Department for help. They told officers that they met a woman online and had sent them money, but now she was demanding mo…
Law roundup: Thief leaves a paper trail behind
Someone reportedly broke into a truck and stole a wallet containing credit cards and around $180 cash, dropping some of the bills on the floor.
Law roundup: Thieves take off with Kalispell man's arsenal
A man reportedly grabbed his gun when he heard glass breaking and saw two guys wearing hoodies in his truck and yelled at them, so they took off with a stolen AR-15 and two stolen .22 rifles.
Law roundup: For one man, it’s never like riding a bike
A 6-foot-tall man attempting to ride a bicycle through the area might want to look into a less exasperating form of exercise when he reportedly kept crashing and yelling “die” and “other curse words," according to …