Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Man tries to assault people with knife
Kalispell Police Department responded to a report of a tall man who allegedly climbed someone’s fence and tried to stab them with a knife that had a six-inch blade.
Law roundup: Property not to be used as a potty
A man at the warming center allegedly “pooped on the property” and refused to leave when asked.
Law roundup: Bus driver cheesed off at tasteless prank
An out-of-town high school bus driver told the Kalispell Police Department that American cheese slices had been thrown all over the outside of the bus while it was parked at a motel.
Law roundup: Flock of chickens fly the coop
Chickens were running up and down the road and a woman was afraid dogs would get them.
Law roundup: Bears and garbage still a problem in Whitefish
Someone called the <strong>Whitefish Police Department</strong> after a bear got into a neighbor’s garbage and dragged it onto a neighbor’s property.
Law roundup: Clever horse knows how to open gate
A horse escaped the pasture because it knew how to open the gate.
Law roundup: Minor bus accident in Whitefish
A school bus transporting Whitefish School District students was involved in a minor hit-and-run Wednesday morning at the intersection of Conn Road and Montana 40. No injuries were reported among students and staff.
Law roundup: Nothing sinister about abandoned pink blanket
A woman reportedly told the Kalispell Police Department she saw a pink blanket with hair by a daycare. and she and her friend were afraid it was a baby or a sex trafficking trap.
Law roundup: Where the rubber meets the road
A man was spotted stealing a neighbor’s tires by someone who yelled at him. He reportedly dropped the tires and put the white sneakers and blue windbreaker he was wearing to good use and took off running.
Law roundup: Man’s stare draws a look of suspicion
Someone allegedly saw a thin man wearing a black trench coat and hood staring into the windows of a residence where no one was home and was yelling and screaming.
Law roundup: Dog walker wants to carry stun gun
A woman reportedly asked the Kalispell Police Department if it was “within her rights” to carry a stun-gun after three dogs ran out from a residence and attacked her dogs while she was out walking them.
Law roundup: Nothing unusual about woman's nonsense
A woman staying at a motel was “talking nonsense” on the phone to the Kalispell Police Department.
Law roundup: Man knows which dog ‘did the deed’
Two people with “a lot of bad history” got into a fight because one suspected the other had let his dog defecate on the other person’s property.
Law roundup: Resident sick of cars ‘bombing down the hill’
Someone on U.S. 93 complained to the Whitefish Police Department about vehicles that “come bombing down the hill,” every day between 11 p.m. and midnight.
Law roundup: Ambulance calls police for help
An ambulance called the Kalispell Police Department when a dark-colored sedan that was driving recklessly began swerving toward the emergency vehicle.