Law Roundup
A daily snapshot of Flathead Valley’s law enforcement activity—calls, arrests, and oddities from the police blotter.
Law roundup: Locked out woman not a happy camper
A woman was reportedly locked out of her house by someone inside.
Law roundup: Man says dead badger has multiple uses
The Kalispell Police Department received a call about someone finding a couple of clothing items and a garbage bag that “smelled like a dead thing” and had maggots on it by some hedges.
Law roundup: Salesmen won't take no for an answer
Two persistent men were reported to the Columbia Falls Police Department after they showed up at a woman’s door and tried to enter the house to give her a “free estimate.”
Law roundup: Woman reluctantly decides to call husband
A woman was “screaming and swearing at dispatch to call her husband.”
Law roundup: Cook’s extra effort goes up in flames
Someone took “extra crispy” to the extreme while cooking a pizza when a small cooking fire erupted on a kitchen stove.
Law roundup: Business owner distressed over hullabaloo
A business owner reportedly heard a big hullabaloo downtown and wanted the Kalispell Police Department to drive by and check it out rather than himself, implying he would incite violence if he caught anyone at his …
Law roundup: Woman ties up 911 line to report speeders
A woman called 911 extremely upset over vehicles speeding on her road and someone flipping her off.
Law roundup: Man punches, destroys bedroom door
A man alleged a sibling’s spouse destroyed a bedroom door by punching holes in it and told Columbia Falls Police Department the two were arguing outside the Diane Road residence.
Law roundup: Man calls police about vehicle squabble
A man called the <strong>Kalispell Police Department</strong> on his way to the Flathead County Department of Motor Vehicles.
Law roundup: Man gets tongue lashing for rooster complaint
A woman complained to the Columbia Falls Police Department that her husband was “verbally assaulted” by a neighbor he confronted about keeping a rooster on their property.
Law roundup: Ghost, the friendly dog, reunited with owner
Instead of being scary, a big, white dog on the loose who responded to “Ghost” turned out to be friendly to someone who found the canine. The person called the Kalispell Police Department to report the spirited dog…
Law roundup: Trashing continues at local church
Someone reportedly went to a church, which had been egged last week, to find garbage all over the place and told the Kalispell Police Department they picked it up.
Law roundup: Vehicle windows smashed, spray painted
Windows were reportedly found smashed out of a dump truck that had also been spray painted in Somers.
Law roundup: Badger’s beady stare seen among trash
A man called the Kalispell Police Department from outside a grocery store claiming a badger was staring at him from between trashcans.
Law Roundup: Fridge transaction gets the deep freeze
Two people apparently sent money via an app to buy a refrigerator that was being sold online. Then the seller deleted every trace of the transactions, and one of the buyers wanted their money back.