Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Disturbance report far from a slam dunk
An apparent one-on-one basketball game in Columbia Falls nearly drew a foul from local law enforcement after a resident reported two kids throwing things at a home.
Law roundup: Resident takes cues from Bugs Bunny to ward off burglars
After several items went missing around a Kalispell area septuagenarian's home, she began to worry she had a cat burglar on her hands.
Law roundup: Man offers local deputies tip regarding Jan. 6 riot
A man walked into the lobby of the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office with a tip regarding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in Washington, D.C.
Law roundup: When it comes to bears, the nose knows
A Kalispell employee alerted deputies to the presence of a bear, though he was unable to determine the specific species. He said he could smell it and that’s how he knew it was a bear.
Law roundup: A call for the kindergarten cop
A exasperated parent called the Columbia Falls Police Department hoping they might send an officer over to speak with a 9-year-old throwing a tantrum.
Law roundup: Ghost in the machine
An alarm company contacted the Kalispell Police Department after someone hit the emergency help button in an area elevator.
Law roundup: Possible ne'er-do-well trying every trick in the book
Someone was suspicious of a man walking around a neighborhood who purportedly pretended to read a book but was “looking around more often than not.”
Law roundup: Fast cars slowed down by bale in roadway
Life in the fast lane was allegedly blocked by a bale of grain.
Law roundup: Trio skates by with stolen couch
Two males and a female were purportedly seen transporting a stolen couch via skateboard in Kalispell.
Man says he’s digging for diamonds
Someone reportedly approached a “nicely dressed man with a nice car,” who was digging in a ditch and picking up gravel, that he was parked on a private easement in Whitefish.
Woman on the track of significant other
A woman in Whitefish reportedly wanted a Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputy to check if there was a “tracker” on her car because she received an alert on her phone and contacted the alarm company that advised …
Law roundup: BOLO for the Garbage Pail Kids
A group of people, possibly teenagers, briefly terrorized the various garbage receptacles of a Kalispell alleyway. A caller told Kalispell Police officers that they spotted a black truck tear through the alleyway, …
Law roundup: Officers answer quack for help
Kalispell Police Department received a call from a woman wondering who to call to rescue nine to 10 ducklings that fell into a sewer grate where a mother duck stood by helplessly.
Law roundup: Drunk man may get a visit from the Tooth Fairy
A drunk man allegedly called Whitefish Police Department and hung up but not before a woman was heard in the background saying, “Here we go.”
Law roundup: Wallet filled with $100 bills found at motel
A motel resident allegedly found a wallet full of $100 bills and was concerned that an employee was trying to keep it instead of handing it over to the proper authorities.