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: Man’s rude behavior needs removal
A man was allegedly spraying weeds for a neighbor in Whitefish with the owner’s permission when someone came out and confronted him by getting in his face and saying he was on the wrong property.
Law roundup: Make way for ducklings
The Kalispell Police Department received word of a group of ducks headed down the road. The person who spotted the waterfowl described them as a mama duck and 10 ducklings. They worried that the birds would get h...
Law roundup: Sofa goes ‘couch surfing’
Kalispell Police Department received a report of a couch sitting in a street that was taking up parking. The person calling in
Law Roundup: Trio reportedly beats man, locks him in office
Someone called the Kalispell Police Department to report three men allegedly beat a fourth man who they locked in an office.
Law roundup: Man can ‘rest easy’ that combat knife not murder weapon
Someone reportedly called the Kalispell Police Department to report finding a “potential murder weapon” in the form of a 6-inch blade the caller believed was intentionally dropped in a storm drain located in a pa...
Law roundup: Man threatens to carve person’s ears
A man allegedly told a business owner he was a Navy SEAL and if he caught them outside he would “carve their ears.” The man was wearing red shorts, leggings, and a baseball cap and was holding a piece of wood lik...
Law Roundup: Call me maybe, or maybe not
A caller took a rude tone with dispatchers with the Kalispell Police Department while haranguing them about an apparently ongoing civil case. She called them white trash, which dispatchers took offense at and ask...
Law roundup: Retrievers unwelcome visit not a golden moment
A golden retriever allegedly bared its teeth at a Bigfork woman when she got home.
Law roundup: Washed checks still not clean of fraud
Three washed checks cashed at a location remained dirty to an account manager who called the Kalispell Police Department to report the fraudulent activity.
Law roundup: Squirrel suspected of setting off alarm
A burglary alarm was set off and a squirrely squirrel was the suspected culprit.
Law roundup: Dog walk interrupted by woman’s accusation
A woman, who appeared intoxicated, reportedly yelled from her balcony at another woman out walking her dog, saying, “Don’t talk to my husband like that, or I’ll beat your (expletive).”
Law roundup: Speeding teens take man for a ride
A man purportedly put his dog away and decided to get in his truck and follow teens speeding down his street when they didn’t heed his request to slow down. He claimed
Law Roundup: Stakeout uncessary after key produced for vehicle
Did he lose his keys or something more ominous? That was the concern of a person who called the Kalispell Police Department while watching a man in a hooded sweatshirt trying to get into a blue Volkswagen.
Law Roundup: Man has TV forensic show expectations
A Bigfork man may be watching too many forensic and crime dramas on TV when he reportedly expected Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to do some kind of forensic investigation on a picture on his phone because he t...
Law roundup: Man strikes out with alleged threats
Kalispell Police Department received a report that a man was allegedly yelling and threatening people with a bat, which he was slamming into the ground.