Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Rude ‘dude’ nowhere to be found
A man walking in North Kalispell allegedly asked a woman if she was a prostitute.
Law roundup: Neighbors upset with inattentive dog owner
A man allegedly wanted to know what he had to do to “press charges” against the owner of a barking dog in his neighborhood.
Law roundup: Woman goes cuckoo over birdhouse crafter
A woman was so upset to see a man outside making birdhouses that she called officers claiming he was damaging the city bench he was sitting on.
Law roundup: Flailing man ‘just being his normal self’
Someone wanted Kalispell Police Department to check on a man’s welfare after they saw him throwing his arms around, waving his shirt, and yelling. Officers checked on the man who was “just being his normal self.”
Law roundup: Cameraman eager to share footage
A man’s neighbors said they were worried he was watching them with his security camera. He asked a Columbia Falls Police Department officer to look at his footage to confirm that wasn’t the case.
Law roundup: Parents angry after teen pulls down pants
A flustered woman called Kalispell Police Department because she thought a “major fight” was going to happen after a teen, out walking a dog with his father in a parking lot, allegedly pulled his pants down in fron…
Law roundup: It’s the wurst: man demands ‘more sausage’
A patient called the Kalispell Police Department “because the registered nurse wouldn’t give him more sausage.”
Law roundup: Bible belter annoys park guests
Kalispell Parks and Recreation received a complaint about a man “screaming in the park.” The man told the Kalispell Police Department he was “just reading his Bible and singing loudly.”
Law roundup: Large clowder takes hold of area
A man voiced his concern about the “excessive amount” of stray cats in the area to the Kalispell Police Department and wanted to talk with animal control about it.
Law roundup: Officers collect 'bag of tricks'
A woman allegedly found a suspicious bag next to her fence that contained a work badge, duct tape and box cutters and thought it may be related to an incident she heard about.
Law roundup: Redhead asks man to help take people
A man in his 50s with red hair and a beard allegedly approached another man to ask him if he wanted to help him “take people.”
Law roundup ‘Annoying neighbors’ to blame for rodents
A woman called the Kalispell Police Department complaining about “annoying neighbors.” She said the neighbors left so much trash against her fence, it started a mouse infestation.
Law roundup: Florida man gets lost near library
A Florida driver called the Kalispell Police Department because he couldn’t find the library.
Law roundup: Casino asks police to check on penny pinchers
An employee asked the Kalispell Police Department to walk through a casino because there were allegedly two sketchy women who kept coming and going and only playing penny machines.
Law roundup: Man advised 911 dispatch isn’t tech support
A man called 911 wanting to know how to plug his phone in. He hung up after being told to call tech support.