Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: It’s not Santa on roof
A woman reportedly returned home around midnight after having a heart attack and heard someone outside.
Law roundup: Police try tracking pranksters
A Columbia Falls Police Department officer hot on the tracks of a tip that youths were playing “ding, dong, ditch” in the area stopped to speak with five boys playing in the snow in the street.
Law Roundup: Owner of unruly dog accused of targeting cats
Officers with the Columbia Falls Police Department were called to an area home for a report of a dog potentially blocking traffic.
Law roundup: One-eyed man looks to quench thirst
An older man with one eye allegedly went into a casino wanting to buy alcohol for $2. He pointed his phone at an employee, saying he was shooting her with it, after she told him she couldn’t sell him anything for t…
Law roundup: A killer or a Bob Marley fan?
Someone was probably left speechless after an “extremely cracked out” man allegedly came up to them in a parking lot and said he just killed a sheriff.
Law roundup: Doll display goes over woman’s head
A woman allegedly thought the residents of two houses across from each other were out their heads and involved in a satanic ritual when she complained they had doll heads impaled on fence posts.
Law roundup: Woman thinks ex is in upholstery
Kalispell Police Department officers checked a woman’s vehicle because she was allegedly convinced her ex was in the upholstery.
Law roundup: Owner lets dog run free, ignores complaint
A dog owner was frustrated and upset when a Kalispell Police Department officer showed up regarding a complaint her dog was running around a man’s property and growling at him. She reportedly told officers she was …
Law roundup: Nice bicycles stored on private land arouse suspicions
Officers with the Kalispell Police Department were tasked with investigating “sketchy activity” in a neighborhood, possibly the result of homeless people “doing things.”
Law roundup: Woman takes officer’s instruction too far
A <strong>Kalispell Police Department</strong> officer on a traffic stop told a woman driving a black Honda with no license plates to pull forward a little bit to get out of the middle of the road and she reportedl…
Law roundup: Is it wild or domestic?
Someone wanted the Kalispell Police Department to check out what they thought was a bobcat kitten hissing at people from its perch in a tree on the side of a building.
Law roundup: Mobile home a complete loss after fire
A mobile home on Hockaday Lane in Lakeside was destroyed in a fire Sunday night.
Law roundup: Woman trapped in car wash, freed
A woman was reportedly stuck in an automatic car wash for about 20 minutes when she called the Kalispell Police Department. She told officers she tried calling a phone number provided in the car wash but only got a…
Law roundup: Adult goes the distance in infant care
A cautious caretaker called the Kalispell Police Department wanting to know if there was a law regarding how far away she could be from an infant inside her home while she took her dog out to go potty.
Law roundup: Officers advised to use stealth to catch noisy neighbors
A resident with apparently quite the history of dealing with his apartment-dwelling neighbors’ rowdy nightlife phoned the Columbia Falls Police Department to let them know that the party-hearty crowd was “back at i…