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: Person talks turkey with police
Whitefish Police Department received a call from someone all aflutter claiming an officer in a silver “K9 police car” tried to hit a turkey. And there’s no telling what they’ll try come Thanksgiving.
Law Roundup: A campaign sign switcheroo
A man called the Columbia Falls Police Department after his wife allegedly told him a suspicious man “ripped” a political campaign sign off a chainlink fence in front of a nonprofit on Fourth Avenue and threw it in…
Law roundup: Jail release plus partying ‘smells like bad news’
A busybody purportedly called the Whitefish Police Department to let officers know she heard a particular individual got out of jail and was partying with people, a combination that she said “smells like bad news.”
Law Roundup: Vehicle windows smothered in Vaseline
They didn't use butter, cheese, or jelly, but a surveillance camera allegedly did capture suspects in Kalispell spreading Vaseline all over a vehicle's windows, rendering it unfit to drive. The victim planned to pu…
Law roundup: Accused shoplifter threatens low blow
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Law roundup: Store has receipts for man’s lifetime ban
A store customer allegedly swung at an employee. A manager was uncertain what the physical altercation was about, speculating the employee might have asked to see a receipt, but wanted Kalispell Police Department t…
Law roundup: 911 caller thinks UFO is spy balloon
Someone called 911 to report a hot air balloon above Kalispell allegedly believing it was a Chinese spy balloon. Dispatch referred them to ...
Law roundup: Woman’s allegation sounds like movie trope
A landlord allegedly went into a woman’s apartment while she wasn’t there and changed a lightbulb without permission and rambled to the Kalispell Police Department about a 24-hour notice. The tenant alleged that th…
Law roundup: Residents raise dog poisoning concerns
A woman calling from Martin City allegedly believed someone tried to poison her dog after finding handfuls of raw hamburger in her yard.
Law roundup: Man throws cable equipment at employee
A man looking to cut the cord with cable TV reportedly went ballistic and threw cable equipment he was returning at an employee. He continued ...
Law roundup: Security has a personality problem
A woman reportedly called 911 wanting to sue the library for “personality [sic] damage,” alleging security told her to leave and then chased her around the building. She told deputies she was there for an interview…
Law Roundup: 'End of days' awaits man
A man went to the Kalispell Police Department wanting it documented that another man was allegedly sending him threatening text messages that he would “meet the end of his days
Law roundup: Neighbor's nightly chanting gets annoying
An apartment dweller’s nightly chants were keeping an upstairs resident awake. The sleepless resident called the Kalispell Police Department wanting it to stop.
Law roundup: Woman wants cops to talk to alleged gossip
A woman wanted a Kalispell Police Department officer to counsel an allegedly menacing neighbor. They purportedly became hostile toward her when she confronted them about whispering with another neighbor, believing …
Law roundup: Shoplifters make off with melons
Two males allegedly stole two large watermelons and took off running.