Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Man goes on road rage rampage
A man reportedly pulled out of a business on U.S. 93 S. and didn’t think he cut anyone off, but told the Kalispell Police Department he had a hard time getting traction then a man with road rage followed him in a s…
Law roundup: Dog in its element chasing squirrels
A spotted white and brown dog was in its element to a property owner’s dismay, when it reportedly spent 25 minutes barking at squirrels up a tree in their yard.
Law roundup: Woman takes long bathroom break
A woman locked herself in a bathroom and refused to come out for several hours, according to a call to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office.
Law roundup: Man mistakenly reports elderly neighbor
After a robbery, neighbors were advised to call law enforcement if they saw any vehicles coming down a dead-end road.
Law roundup: Strange sheet going on at woman’s house
Strange things were happening at a woman’s house that she couldn’t explain and wanted to speak to a Kalispell Police Department officer. She reportedly put sheets in the washing machine, but when she went to take t…
Law roundup: Wife blames husband for tone-deafness
A Kalispell woman complained to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office that her husband made her tone-deaf reportedly after blasting low- and high-pitched tones from somewhere and said she felt gaslighted, manipulate…
Law roundup: Store not stoked by skateboarder
A male was allegedly kicked out of a business after refusing to stop skateboarding in the store.
Law roundup: Man compelled to count cigarettes in store
The Kalispell Police Department responded to a report of a man who kept going inside a location to harass other customers and count cigarettes on a counter.
Law roundup: Woman declines to answer ‘personal question’
A truck driver asked a woman to go outside with him so he could “ask her a personal question.”
Law roundup: Drone not interested in paranoid man
A man was upset about a drone flying near his house.
Law roundup: Too early for Christmas decor?
Someone called the Kalispell Police Department after seeing lights flashing in different directions like strobe lights at a neighbor's house.
Law roundup: Deputies clean up laundry situation
Although tenants had been evicted from a Kalispell house for a few weeks, someone’s dirty secret was aired after indications the washer and dryer were recently used was discovered.
Law roundup: Revamping Congress not dispatcher's wheelhouse
A woman allegedly called 911 and yelled at dispatchers to “revamp Congress,” when the line disconnected. She called right back and was advised dispatchers had no authority to solve that type of “emergency.”
Law roundup: Sketchy man peddles tattoos from camper
A “very sketchy” man was allegedly selling tattoos out of a parked camper trailer.
Law roundup: Police hop to it to help frog in traffic stop
A tow truck was called in during a traffic stop and someone requested a frog in the front seat of the vehicle be taken to the shelter.