Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Angry customer breaks glass
An angry customer reportedly trying to start a fight threw a pint glass through a window and a person at a glass liquor display.
Law roundup: Man calls 911 to say goodnight
A man, who sounded very intoxicated, allegedly dialed 911 to say “goodnight” and hung up.
Law roundup: Man banned for stealing sandwich fixings
An employee reportedly ran after a man who reportedly stole lunch meat and cheese. After a short pursuit, the man asked the employee
Law roundup: Truant up front about skipping school
A juvenile took a matter-of-fact approach to explaining her absence from school to officers with the Columbia Falls Police Department, shrugging and telling them she didn’t want to be there. Authorities tracked dow…
Law roundup: Spouse reports blackmailed husband
A man allegedly sent a woman $300 in gift cards after she threatened to send photos he sent her to “church people and family.”
Law roundup: Vigilante goes off half-cocked
The Whitefish Police Department responded to a report of a dark blue pickup allegedly ramming a two-door car.
Law roundup: Man goes ballistic in front of 5-year-old
A man reportedly went ballistic when a 5-year-old opened her car door and dinged his vehicle in a store parking lot.
Law roundup: Pacing hatchet man moves along
An agitated man carrying a hatchet and a 9 mm was reportedly pacing between buildings where someone
Law roundup: Man released from jail welcomed back with a punch
A man, who had gotten out of jail, was reportedly settling in on a couch at a friend’s house when another man he didn’t know punched him. The pair
Law roundup: Barfly accused of enjoying booze cruises
A pair of callers, frustrated with a local man’s penchant for going on booze cruises, phoned the Columbia Falls Police Department looking for an intervention of sorts. The first said that the man arrived at an area…
Law roundup: Man challenges stranger to defend girlfriend’s honor
A man and his girlfriend called the Kalispell Police Department after allegedly receiving disturbing texts from an unknown number where someone threatened to shoot up their house and throw pipe bombs at it. The man…
Law roundup: Man doesn’t want to be found
A man waiting outside for food to be delivered was spooked when he noticed a male staring at him from inside a darker-colored truck who started shouting, “I found you! I found you!” That night, he went
Law roundup: Man’s 911 emergency is love related
A Whitefish man allegedly called 911 numerous times to wax poetic
Law roundup: Reports of killer clowns unmasked
The Columbia Falls Police Department was tasked with tracking down a posse of clowns after a caller reported seeing a troupe of jesters armed with baseball bats.
Law roundup: Baggage no one wants to claim
An intoxicated belligerent man was reportedly thrown off a plane due to the level of his drunkenness. Security