Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Deal to buy fireworks fizzles
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Law roundup: Motorist loses race with a rat
A cat-sized rat startled a Kalispell motorist, who spotted it running up the middle of the road and into a cluster of nearby shrubs.
Law roundup: Caller concerned for cows’ safety
A concerned passerby reported a dozen bovines munching grass on the side of the highway. Responding officers discovered they were behind a fence in a pasture just doing regular cow things.
Law roundup: Suspicious slough swimmer slips away
Someone was suspicious of an individual they reportedly saw swimming across a slough and then getting out and walking across a resident’s back deck but told the Kalispell Police Department they couldn’t see where t…
Law roundup: Teens with bat throw fireworks at person
Kalispell Police Department responded to a report of two to three teens, who reportedly had a bat with them, were on the walking path in Woodland Park, throwing
Law roundup: The dog ate my curtains
Officers with the Columbia Falls Police Department dealt with a case of mistaken identity allegedly involving a pair of rambunctious dogs.
Law roundup: Woman has own concept of free refills
A thirsty woman allegedly filled two containers of soda without paying and was cited for theft by the Columbia Falls Police Department.
Law roundup: Mailbox, not fireworks, explodes
A man told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office he thought he heard fireworks going off during the night but was wrong and claimed the commotion was caused by someone blowing up a mailbox.
Law roundup: Woman reports equine entanglement
A woman reported to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office that two horses were fighting with her horses.
Law roundup: Woman wants sign returned for ‘toilet tree’
A woman complained to the Kalispell Police Department about someone removing a sign she posted by a tree near her house that was reportedly “being used as a toilet.”
Law roundup: Person whines tourists entitled to benches
A Kalispell Police Department officer responded to a complaint that homeless people were spreading bags and garbage around and covering up benches “so bad that tourists can’t sit down.” The officer determined
Law roundup: Neighborhood dispute requires police mediation
Police came across three kids playing in a construction site. They were redirected to a nearby playground.
Law roundup: Residents try to sniff out rockhounds
Someone allegedly read a social media post about kids throwing rocks and breaking car windows and then spotted a group of five or six kids riding bikes who were grabbing handfuls of rocks, and putting them in groce…
Law roundup: Driver compares Depot Park to California border
Someone driving by Deport Park allegedly described the “homeless situation” there as looking like “the Southern border of California,” and wanted people moved along, upset that their belongings were scattered aroun…
Law roundup: Willful neighbors add fuel to thorny issues
It wasn’t all a bed of roses between neighbors when one alleged the other dug up flowers they mutually planted a few years ago and threw them on their property while they were at church. They were also at odds abou…