A woman contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after buying a money order at an Evergreen store to pay her cable bill. She said it was subsequently reissued to someone else a couple of days later who cashed it at a casino. No explanation for how that could have happened was provided.

A woman reported she gave her bank account information to someone claiming to be from Microsoft customer support and that money had since been taken out of her account.

A man was arrested after a woman was heard crying and saying “get away from me” on an open line with 911 and sustaining a possible broken hand.

A woman turned in a plastic bag containing a spoon and a white powdery substance that she found alongside Grand Drive in Bigfork.

A Conrad Drive man reported finding drug paraphernalia on his property, but it was later found to be nothing more than a wrapper.

Deputies were unable to locate an approximately 10-year-old boy reported walking along U.S. 2 West in Kila.

Deputies were unable to locate an elderly man reported for trying to stop traffic at a Montana 206 intersection.

Several youths were reported hiding behind boats and throwing snowballs at passing vehicles on Collier Lane.

Approximately $5,000 worth of coins were stolen from a Lake Drive home.

A Deer Trail resident reported someone’s dog came onto the property and killed several chickens.

Windows were broken out of a vehicle on Hungry Horse Boulevard.

A trio of thieving men stole a gas can from a Shady Lane porch.

A storage unit on Whitefish Stage Road was burglarized.

A quartet of quarrelsome boys were cited for disorderly conduct by a Kalispell Police Department officer after they were reported beating each other up on Seventh Avenue West before shaking hands and parting ways.

A passerby reported a pair of pickups playing tug of war while chained together in a Fourth Avenue West parking lot.

An unruly shoplifter had to be restrained by a cashier and others before being arrested outside the U.S. 93 South store.

A South Main Street store owner was made to bring her speakers inside after a store owner across the street reported the music was audible inside his store with the doors shut.

Officers arrested a woman for criminal endangerment after an incident at a gas station in which another woman was reportedly thrust out of a Firebird.

A 9-year-old student was reported for assaulting a teacher with a baseball bat. The teacher apparently did not sustain any serious injuries.

A student was released to mental health personnel after throwing desks at a Fourth Avenue East school.

Criminal mischief and the crowbar that caused it were reported on North Meridian Road.

Someone kicked in the door to a Third Avenue West home and stole a jar of change and other money.

A thief stole $300 worth of merchandise from a North Meridian Road business.

A person was arrested for assault on Fourth Avenue West.

A Whitefish Police Department officer advised a man and woman not to contact one another again. The woman had invited the man and his girlfriend to come over, then he refused to leave without his girlfriend, at which point the woman kicked him out. The man then yelled at them both and left, then sent the woman insulting text messages, to which the woman responded with similar messages of her own.

A trio of transient Subaru-dwellers were advised to move along after reported living in front of a Minnesota Avenue home.

A motorist was reported to the Columbia Falls Police Department for drinking a tall can of Pabst Blue Ribbon while driving on Ninth Street West.

A Martha Road resident received an obscene phone call from an unknown man.

A car was keyed in a 13th Street West parking lot.

Smith Valley Fire Department personnel responded to a quarter-acre grass fire on Wettington Drive East after a burn got out of control.