Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Shoplifter allays fear with knife
Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a man allegedly “popped open” a knife when employees tried to stop him from shoplifting in the parking lot and said, “Don’t worry, I have a knife.”
Law roundup: Woman reported for jogging dangerously
Someone called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to report a woman for purportedly “jogging dangerously” on the shoulder of the road, just beyond the white line, in Kalispell.
Law roundup: Caller claims Spanish speaking men discussed crimes
Officers later determined that the men were just doing laundry.
Law roundup: Drunk woman pulls into driveway trying to avoid DUI
A drunk driver allegedly pulled into a stranger’s driveway, telling the resident who came outside asking her what she was doing that she was trying to avoid being pulled over by a Columbia Falls Police Department c…
Law roundup: ‘Man’ taken for a burglar in prank
A woman reportedly saw a man wearing a baseball cap under the covers in her bed and fled in a panic.
Law roundup: Fraudster poses as police in scam calls seeking donations
A scammer reportedly called a woman posing as a Kalispell Police Department officer asking for donations and her ATM information, which she unfortunately provided to give $20. She went to the police department to m…
Law roundup: Horror game reaction startles neighbors
Someone standing outside an apartment building reportedly heard a person yelling, “Help me,” and a neighbor said the screams were coming from upstairs.
Law roundup: Driver taunts, threatens to wreck vehicles
Someone allegedly tried to crash into a woman’s vehicle, taunting them by pointing, laughing and dancing, threatening to “wreck them both,” if she didn’t pull over.
Law roundup: It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there
A man out for a walk feared for his little dog's safety when a black Dobermann-type dog came charging out of a house and allegedly tried to attack them.
Law roundup: 5-year-old injured from dog bite
A neighbor’s pit bull reportedly bit a 5-year-old’s stomach, leaving a bleeding wound about the size of a baseball.
Law roundup: Man jumps out window to avoid cops
A man reportedly thought he had no other recourse than to jump out of a window when Kalispell Police Department knocked on the door of an apartment where someone complained about a man and woman yelling at each oth…
Law roundup: Man says fraudulent check was 'from a friend'
A bank customer was reportedly either scammed or was participating in a scam, when he opened an individual retirement account and deposited a check from his 401K account, later changing his story that it was from “…
Law roundup: Sheep find greener pastures in other yard
Five sheep spent a morning grazing in someone’s yard in Columbia Falls who didn’t know where they belonged.
Law roundup: Man bashes vehicle with tire iron
A man reportedly called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office screaming when a man driving a Ford got out of the vehicle and holding a tire iron strode toward the caller’s car where he bashed in the windshield and b…
Law roundup: No sanctuary for ‘transients’
Finding three strangers in the door area of the main sanctuary of their church, a pastor asked officers with the Kalispell Police Department to give them the bum’s rush.