Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Contractor claims immigrant worker is extorting him
A contractor accused an immigrant who he described as in the country illegally of attempting to extort him over the phone.
Law roundup: Couple scrubbed from beauty store
A middle-aged man allegedly shoplifted products from a store’s health and beauty section and went to a car parked out front to wait while the woman he was with went through the line at the registers.
Law roundup: Mumbling, intoxicated shopper turns out to be fine
Describing an individual she suspected of being homeless as walking around a store while high and mumbling to himself, a shopper asked the Kalispell Police Department to intervene.
Law roundup: Bullies take on store employees
Instead of retail therapy, three immature 18- to 19-year-olds choose retail bullying.
Law roundup: Rejected customer lets animalistic ire flow
Drive-thru employees reportedly refused service to someone in a small blue Nissan pickup who allegedly urinated all over the bathroom.
Law roundup: Roommates smacks hand over dish drama
Kalispell Police received a complaint from a man who got allegedly into an argument with his roommate over the dishes and the roommate smacked his hand, knocking food out of his hand that he was trying to put in th…
Law roundup: Argument over microwave heats up quickly
A man was making a meal with a shared microwave when another man approached and told him to stop.
Law roundup: It’s an ugly day in the neighborhood
A man wearing a green and black blazer allegedly pulled a gun on a neighbor, who couldn’t tell what kind of gun it was because they only saw the barrel. Kalispell Police Department officers detained the man and ser…
Law roundup: Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
The Kalispell Police Department received a complaint about someone reportedly disposing of garbage bags about four to five feet away from a trash can in an alley.
Law roundup: Man strung along in guitar fraud
A California man may have to play air guitar for a while after an online purchase turned into theft.
Law roundup: Woman wants kids to get off her flowerbeds
A homeowner complained to the Kalispell Police Department about children riding bicycles in her driveway and over her flowerbeds.
Law roundup: Motorcycle gang revs up Lakeside property owner
It wasn't the Hells Angels, Bandidos or Pagan's, but the "Lakeside Motorcycle Gang" out on a Lakeside property owner's land overnight. The property owner alerted the Flathead County Sheriff's Office and offered to …
Law roundup: Woman gets struck by a sign from above
A concerned sibling called the Kalispell Police Department after a “no parking at any time” street sign fell on her sister’s head, causing bleeding and leaving a bump.
Law roundup: Reckless green pickup goes for a spin — multiple times
Kalispell Police were on the lookout for a green Dodge pickup whose driver reportedly needed to be ticketed for reckless driving when he was sighted numerous times speeding and spinning doughnuts at an intersection.
Law Roundup: Burglar skates away undetected
Security cameras captured video of a suspect who slipped into a skating rink overnight. The person skedaddled after an alarm sounded.