Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Man finds bone saw and blood in truck
A man allegedly found blood all over the inside of his truck. Nothing was taken from the vehicle, however, a bone saw was left behind, according to a report made to the Kalispell Police Department.
Law roundup: Driver hits snowman on way to gas station
A reckless — possibly intoxicated — driver wearing a pink hat reportedly drove through a ditch and ran over a snowman on her way to the gas station.
Law roundup: ‘All of Montana’ is source of woman’s distress
Dispatchers called back a phone number connected with a 911 hang-up and the woman who answered said, “all of Montana was causing her distress.” She told dispatchers to “stay out of her business,” and hung up again.
Law roundup: Bah humbug: Christmas curmudgeon gets lippy
A Scrooge driving a big Ford pickup wasn’t in the Christmas spirit while shopping in Kalispell. He cursed at a woman and nearly hit her with his door after he was asked not to park in the employee lot.
Law Roundup: Caller has a lot to talk about
A caller to the Kalispell Police Department said he wanted to talk about his son and a truck, but then he asked “if you win holding a cardboard sign panhandling on a corner.”
Law roundup: Deputies can’t help with mortgage
A Bigfork resident asked the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, wanting them to call his mortgage company to let them know he would be one day late.
Law roundup: Man’s colorful language dulls the senses
A store manager heard third-hand information that a man, who walked out of a liquor store, was yelling at people. The man reportedly slipped on the ice and used “colorful language.” The Kalispell Police Department …
Law roundup: Vehicle driven recklessly with glee
A silver Jeep SUV tore through a parking lot, almost hitting one of the employees, and the driver laughed before leaving.
Law roundup: Man blames TikTok for tire tampering
Someone allegedly removed all the lug nuts off the rear passenger tire of a man’s truck, which was parked with a trailer on the street.
Law roundup: Time for hooky bobbin’ and doughnuts
A woman and her kids were allegedly almost hit by one of five vehicles spinning doughnuts in the mall parking lot.
Law roundup: Man just wants his pants back
A man tried to retrieve his pants and a sewing kit from a neighbor, but she wouldn’t answer her door, he told the Kalispell Police Department.
Law roundup: Student really doesn’t like her grades
A student was screaming, swearing and throwing plants off a deck because she didn’t like the grades she received that day.
Law roundup: Man rocks the boat in driveway incident
Someone called the Kalispell Police Department to complain about a man who used equipment to “plow rocks” onto his driveway and said, “he did it on purpose,” in retaliation for not letting him park equipment on the…
Law roundup: Time is money for watch aficionado
He said the timekeepers stopped arriving after changing his address and alleged his ex had kept six months and nearly $5,000 worth of watches.
Law roundup: Turns out, it’s not more than a feeling
Maybe it was just heartburn a person experienced when they described having “a bad feeling” after driving past a location and seeing four teens walking around.