Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Dog injures itself chewing on vehicle window
A dog left in a black Explorer appeared to have broken a window and was reportedly chewing on it and bleeding.
Law roundup: Shortcut leads to exchange of curse words
A homeowner told officers that a kid cut through his yard and jumped onto his work trailer.
Law roundup: Woman lurks in the shadows of playhouse
A strange woman with pink shoelaces was reportedly spotted by a daycare employee sitting in the shadows in the playhouse. Kalispell Police Department officers kicked her off the property.
Law roundup: Neighbor gets front-row seat to man vs. landlord
Someone called the Kalispell Police Department to report their neighbor who was allegedly throwing stuff in the road when the landlord pulled up in a white van to intervene and the two got into a tussle.
Law roundup: Hungry cows commit fowl misdeed
A Marion resident allegedly took issue with a neighbor’s cows regularly coming onto their property to eat chicken feed. They told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that the cows killed a chicken weeks ago. The r…
Law roundup: Mischievous group of kids evade police
A gaggle of mischievous kids was allegedly smashing carts together and acting up in a store where an employee asked Kalispell Police Department officers to move them along.
Law roundup: Red-headed panhandler terrifies woman
A woman with red hair, who was allegedly panhandling, “terrified” a man’s wife when she went over to their vehicle and knocked on his window.
Law roundup: Trashy neighbor’s mess includes drugs
A caller told authorities they saw a drunk man hop into a green Subaru station wagon festooned with Bernie Sanders stickers and drive off.
Law roundup: Man asks for help repossessing car
A man trying to get possession of a vehicle he claimed as his contacted the Kalispell Police Department for help.
Law roundup: Restaurateur suspects people are patronizing more than the food
Authorities left a calling card at the home of a dog that had barked for three hours straight.
Law roundup: Driver’s recklessness ‘homicidal’
An Escalade allegedly “trying to make bad passes” cut off a vehicle whose driver described the person’s recklessness as “homicidal” to Whitefish Police Department.
Law roundup: Goats go wild, harass man and eat screen
Two goats running wild purportedly tried to attack a man in Kalispell. The man
Law roundup: Female chapped about lifetime ban
A female was allegedly detained after stealing Chapstick and given a lifetime ban to all the sore’s locations.
Law roundup: Mailman accused of taking catnap
Officers with the Kalispell Police Department were asked to check in with a mailman after someone thought they saw him sleeping in his U.S. Postal Service truck.
Law roundup: Man returns home to face the heat
A Lakeside man allegedly returned home to find the oven turned up to 500 degrees, which heated the house up enough to melt unlit candles. He reportedly thought someone