Man wary of 'kung fu' break-up wrath

A man on Conrad Drive wanted it documented by Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that his brother-in-law, father-in-law and mother-in-law had shown up while his wife removed some of her belongings from their home. The man said the pair were in the middle of a fight and the woman was in the process of moving out. The man was concerned the incident might escalate and that his brother-in-law allegedly “studied a sect of kung fu that is straight up assassination stuff.”

A suspicious person in a red and plaid black coat, large ear protection, jeans and a white mask with makeup on it was reported on U.S. 2.

A person from Swamp View Lane arrived at the Sheriff’s Office at the request of an attorney who said it needed to be documented that someone came onto the person’s property, stole a flash drive and beat a dog.

A man on U.S. 2 wanted it logged that his son had entered the family’s foreclosed home and destroyed property.

A woman on Trumble Creek Road found that a gun and ring with a .75 carat diamond was missing from her belongings.

Deputies were sent to Somerset Drive where a man said his son was outside of his motor home and threatening him with a knife. The man said he believed the son would cooperate with law enforcement once they arrived.

A friend of a teenage girl called law enforcement concerned about a possible suicide threat after the girl texted that she had broken up with her boyfriend and “ended it all.” A deputy found that the girl was safe, had texted her boyfriend that she was ending their relationship, but had not meant anything darker in the message.

The front door of a safe was found near a Forest Service access road in Columbia Falls.

A man in a hooded poncho was accused of stealing beer from a store on Batavia Lane.

Officers took three juveniles into custody after a person at a salvage yard on Hidden Trail said they could see people trying to break in on security cameras in an attempt to steal batteries.

A fast food restaurant on U.S. 2 in Kalispell asked deputies to dispose of a syringe that was sitting in a take-out bag sitting behind the counter. The employee who reported the syringe said a woman came in and asked him how he was feeling and a short time later gave him the take-out bag and said it would make him feel better.

Two men had left by the time a deputy arrived at a business on U.S. 2, where a woman reported that the duo had scared her by asking her to take off her pants.

An employee at a business on U.S. 2 in Columbia Falls called police after someone came in and said they had been assaulted in the parking lot. The assailant had also allegedly broken out the man’s windows. The man had left by the time police arrived.

Columbia Falls Police advised a woman on Third Avenue East about how to get a no-contact order after a man took her car keys and said if she wanted to get to work, she could ride with him.

Whitefish Police took a report and reviewed camera footage of a person who turned a counterfeit bill into a Kalispell business.

A transient man entered a church on Central Avenue to use the bathroom and stayed in the room for more than a half-hour. The man came back a second time, but then left before police arrived.

A man reported he was sitting at a red light when a pedestrian crossed the street, hit his vehicle and tried to open his car door. The man wanted a follow-up call about the incident.

Kalispell Police were unable to locate a drunken woman that someone reported as pushing a baby stroller at the intersection of Ninth Street West and First Avenue West. The caller said the woman would not let them help her, though she was having trouble walking and talking as she pushed her young son in the stroller.

A man who struck a vehicle on Sunny View Lane asked dispatchers if he had to give his name to the owner of a vehicle that he had struck a few days earlier. The man left a note for the owner and claimed that his insurance was taking care of it. He did not want to give the upset owner his name. An officer counseled both parties.

A woman on Ford Way found white supremacist hate-group flyers on her vehicle at Hutton Ranch Road. The woman said she would provide the police department with screen shots of the material.

Would-be thieves on Parkway Drive didn’t leave a calling card, but they did leave footprints in the snow that alerted folks in the neighborhood to the fact that someone had been prowling around. One woman’s car was rifled through, but nothing was taken. Extra patrol was sent out.

A worker at an early education facility called to see if it was safe for a child’s parent to come to parent meetings. The man is a registered sex offender with a prior child molestation conviction out of Washington and is awaiting sentencing on two failure-to-register convictions. An officer left a message of advice for the worker.

 A boyfriend called from Seventh Street West to ask if a no-contact order was still in place after his girlfriend texted to say that she had lifted it. The woman said she wanted the man to come home. The man was told to wait until the case status could be verified with the court before he reunited with the woman.

A woman on Woodland Park Drive called police just before 3 a.m. asking that officers let her into a recently closed bar. The woman was very drunk and her husband had been drinking. The husband was upset and yelling at the woman because she had left her purse in the bar. The purse allegedly contained her husband’s medication for brain cancer that must be taken every 12 hours. A worker let the duo inside and returned some items to the woman, but a purse was not among them.

Officers helped a woman on Sixth Avenue West collect her belongings and leave after she came home to the room she was renting and allegedly found five or six people using heroin and meth. The woman said she was locked in her bedroom closet as she made the call, terrified that the people would kill her if they found out she called officers. She said one of the men had threatened her the night before with a gun. When officers arrived, they found that the man who had threatened the woman did not want to press charges against the woman for allegedly taking $200.

A transient tried to get a free breakfast at a hotel on U.S. 2 by saying that he was staying with a guest, but the guest had been kicked out a week earlier for doing drugs in a room. Officers were unable to locate the man.