Law Roundup
The Daily Inter Lake's Law Roundup provides daily updates on crime and public disturbance news happening around town. Browse the latest stories below.
Kalispell man surrenders following SWAT response
Kalispell man surrenders following SWAT response
Law roundup: Manager wants to solve cold case
A general manager called the Kalispell Police Department alleging that someone entered the property, graffitied the area and destroyed a pump in the mechanical room, shutting down the heating system. The manager be…
Law roundup: Man wants to go directly to jail
A man allegedly was hanging out in an alley by the booking door wanting to go to jail. He had no warrants, so he was told to move along.
Law roundup: Man found trespassing unloads burden
An older man with a walker was reportedly found trespassing on a property. When the person told him to leave, he proceeded to defecate in the alley and then moved along.
Law roundup: Couple hit in a drive-by pepper spraying at store
Kids in a gray Jeep reportedly drove by a grocery store in a gray Jeep and fired pepper spray on a couple and turned onto East Idaho Street. A man told ...
Law roundup: Search is on for Squiggles the goat
Squiggles the nanny goat went missing in Bigfork. Squiggles is a 2-foot-tall black and white female, about 30 pounds, with coloring that forms a curvy shape on her forehead.
Law roundup: Disagreement among teenagers revs up
A teen reportedly drove a red truck at another teen, who jumped out of the way, but was hit by the pickup’s side mirror near Flathead High School.
Law roundup: Groomer’s ex-client in the doghouse
The owner of a dog grooming business reportedly cashed a legitimate check at a bank drive-thru when the man, and ex-client, who wrote the check and had an earlier confrontation with her, contacted the bank wanting …
Law roundup: Loud truck fills man with fiery rage
A man with a fiery temper allegedly threatened to burn down a neighbor’s house because their vehicle was too loud. The neighbor reportedly took a semi ...
Law roundup: Vape-related trash leaves resident steamed
A local property owner got a little steamed when he came across trash strewn about on his land. He told the Kalispell Police Department that the refuse included “bags of vapes.”
Law roundup: House party overflow moves to rooftop
Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a call from someone in Bigfork who was reportedly worried that a crowd of about 30 people inside and on the roof of a house across the street were going to “take over his h…
Law roundup: Man wonders why shady situation is so bright
A Bigfork resident reportedly called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office asking for extra patrol in the neighborhood to find out why lights were on in a house across the street. It wasn’t the first time he shined …
Law roundup: Guests heatedly refuse to leave hot tub
Two lodge guests allegedly refused to get out of the hot tub after being told the area was closed.
Law roundup: Barfly fires back when card is declined
A bar patron in Kalispell allegedly went mad when the establishment “didn’t take his card” and began yelling then went outside, firing three gunshots in the air before heading westbound on Montana 35.
Law roundup: Taxidermied coyote found stuffed in snowbank
A prankster propped a stuffed coyote up on a snowbank along Nucleus Avenue prompting an employee of a nearby grocery store to contact the Columbia Falls Police Department.
Law roundup: Laptop vanishes into thin air
A woman called the Kalispell Police Department alleging that a MacBook Air delivered to her husband’s business address was stolen.