Gas pumping a problem for pair
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 10 years, 10 months AGO
The clerk at a U.S. 2 East gas station contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after a pair of wasted women showed up, both stumbling and slurring their speech when they got out of their vehicle. The women reportedly came in and prepaid for gas, tried to pump the gas but couldn’t so came in and got a refund, then tried to pump gas again but couldn’t. The driver also failed to get the vehicle in park when she first pulled up and it almost rolled into another vehicle.
Officers were unable to locate a meandering motorist who nearly ran two stop signs, hit the curb twice, almost ended up in a ditch and forced two other motorists off the road.
A man with his pants down was seen waving to a woman and her children while they were walking on a path in a park in the Swan River area.
A Freckles Road woman was advised that one more call would result in her getting a second citation after her pit bull was reported running loose and chasing deer.
A wary Waters Edge Way resident said someone was trying to take out credit cards in her maiden name at Lowe’s and Home Depot.
Someone slashed all four tires of a vehicle on Harmony Road as well as two tires on a vehicle belonging to the first victim’s roommate.
A distraught motorist called wanting to speak to an animal control officer after accidentally hitting a cat on Cougar Trail.
A stolen car was found, abandoned and disabled, with the keys in the ignition, in the middle of a road.
A Gunsite Loop resident said both he and his animals were being harassed by his neighbor.
A deer determined to be a winter kill was found skinned and abandoned near a boat ramp.
A person was bitten while trying to break up a fight between two dogs.
Kalispell Police Department officers responded to Two Mile Drive after a nearby resident reported hearing a car accident. A vehicle was discovered blocking the middle of the road, having rolled onto its roof. “A lot of blood” was found at the scene, but the driver was not. A nearby speed limit sign was damaged.
A runaway boy was recaptured temporarily when he was picked up by a person on U.S. 93 South and taken to the police department, where he was turned over to his father. His father called police half an hour later to say his son had again taken off on foot.
An officer responded twice to a Fifth Avenue West property to advise a group of girls to keep it down.
A pair of youths acquiesced to an officer who told them to move a picnic table back under a pavilion.
A small dog at large was reported running down West Washington Street toward the fairgrounds.
A man was reported for bragging about stealing guns from a North Main Street home.
A man reported being verbally threatened by a woman in a First Avenue West elevator.
A trio of teen girls were reported for stealing shoes from a North Main Street store.
A Fourth Avenue West woman reported receiving an anonymous, nasty letter.
Someone broke into a Third Avenue West apartment and stole a laptop.
A suspicious man was reported taking pictures of children at Kidsports.
A group of disgruntled patrons who had been kicked out of a Nucleus Avenue bar contacted the Columbia Falls Police Department to report their belief that the bartender who kicked them out was on drugs.
A girl was cited and released to her mother after being caught under the influence of an intoxicating substance at a 13th Street West school.
An officer did extra patrols on Fourth Avenue West after a crossing guard reported people driving too fast through the area on a regular basis.
Officers were unable to locate a man who tried to steal a cart of groceries from a Ninth Street West grocery store.
A landlord reported a tenant had left and damaged a Second Avenue West building.