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:Group allegedly gets high in greenhouse
A caretaker called the Kalispell Police Department when some transients set up shop in a man’s greenhouse and were possibly using drugs. T
Law roundup: Man gives resident the willies
A resident purportedly complained about a tall man hanging around outside their house on multiple occasions. They said he wasn’t doing ...
Law roundup: Worker suffers ill-fated discharge in restroom
A worker in Columbia Falls suffered an explosive experience in the restroom after his gun went off in the lavatory. No one was injured and the firing was described as accidental. The worker cleared the gun and left…
Law roundup: Drunk driver reports reckless driver
Someone who sounded intoxicated allegedly called the police saying a vehicle cut them off on the bypass and was swerving.
Law roundup: Wine drinker takes road to unhappy hour
Two women in a black Jeep Cherokee purportedly couldn’t delay wine time and pulled into a parking lot drinking wine in a box. Officers found the vehicle unoccupied with single-serve boxes of wine with straws in bot…
Law roundup: People who are not about that RV lifestyle
A man complained that an RV with no license plates was parked by the mall and had a cord plugged into the building despite contacting security about moving it along. The cantankerous caller said he paid $1 million …
Law roundup: Student avoids TikTok scam with police help
A student was reportedly almost scammed by a TikTok user who claimed they wanted to use one of his portrait photos as a concept for a portrait, promising him $500 in payment. The scammer then sent a fraudulent $1,0…
Law roundup: Person pooped out from arguing neighbors
Someone was tired of hearing neighbors yelling at each other about cleaning up dog poop they called asking if Kalispell Police Department could charge a man involved with “vandalism or something.” They added ...
Law roundup: Adverse drug reactions not a crime
After allegedly suffering an allergic reaction to pain medication, a patient turned his doctor over to the Kalispell Police Department.
Law roundup: Man pulled out of dumpster fire
Someone reportedly tried to pull a man, who wasn’t wearing any pants, out of a dumpster on fire.
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.