Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Pedestrian hit by vehicle on Idaho Street
A pedestrian in her 70s was reportedly hit by a Chevy Silverado and was lying on the road on Idaho Street.
Law roundup: Woman’s only emergency is melting ice cream
A woman on Second Avenue allegedly told the Columbia Falls Police Department she was eating an ice cream bar and didn’t have an emergency when she called 911 because her power went out.
Law roundup: Prophesier wants to have a conversation
A former employee told the Kalispell Police Department he “would like to speak to someone about the hell that’s about to break loose.”
Law roundup: Yellow houses attract animal behavior
A “very large black bear” was spotted near a yellow house in Columbia Falls, according to the Columbia Falls Police Department.
Law roundup: Vehicles get stuck in roundabout
A passerby saw vehicles that looked like they were driving up toward “the incomplete bridge” in the roundabout construction area and got stuck. Another caller told the Kalispell Police Department a car was trying t…
Law roundup: No good deed goes unpunished
After a woman reportedly took a dog she found to the shelter a man called her and “made nasty comments and sent rude text messages.”
Law roundup: Turkey unaware Thanksgiving’s coming
A wild turkey made itself comfortable in a woman’s Sixth Avenue house and she called the Columbia Falls Police Department for help getting it out. It left through a window.
Law roundup: Woman chews out food staff
A skinny woman with long dark hair in a red Buick was purportedly causing a huge scene at a drive-thru when she started screaming at employees and throwing a bunch of stuff out of the car.
Law roundup: Man claims shots aimed at bears, not house
A man calling from Monte Vista Drive was getting ready to get in the shower when two shots were reportedly fired at his bedroom window.
Law roundup: Attentive listener suspects driver ‘up to no good’
A driver believed he heard the sound of kicking coming from the back of a moving truck.
Law roundup: Police intervene to settle bike squabble
A landlord stole a bike from a tenant’s child, then refused to give the bike back, according to the child’s mother.
Law roundup: It’s lights out for truck driver
Columbia Falls Police Department warned a man about driving with an illuminated light bar and four forward-facing lamps on his truck on Ninth Street.
Law roundup: Person boo-hoos man’s woo-hoos
A homeless man reportedly sat on a trailer outside of a business “just screaming” and randomly “woo-hooing” when he was joined by another person who also took part in the clamor.
5 guys at a steakhouse raise concerns
Someone eating at a steakhouse thought five men in the nearby alley were so “oddly spaced” that they should be investigated by the police. He insisted it was very strange the way the men were arranged, but an offic…
Law roundup: Baker is toast after burning bread
A baker accidentally set off a business alarm when they took bread out of the oven late at night.