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Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 8 years, 5 months AGO
| July 29, 2016 7:30 PM

A man was sent a cryptic message on North Meridian Road after he allegedly opened a package containing just two golf balls, according to Kalispell Police Department. The package was addressed to the man, but didn’t have a return address.

A woman was frightened after an alleged assault on Hutton Ranch Road when a strange woman reportedly started beating on her head until she jumped out of the vehicle, then stole it with her bags, phone and important papers inside. The woman allegedly said, “This was a payback.”

Police responded to an accident on Hutton Ranch Road when a vehicle hit a pedestrian with her vehicle at a low speed while turning. The pedestrian was reportedly knocked to the ground and had a lump on her head.

Two cats were taken to an animal shelter after officers received an animal cruelty report on Third Avenue East North that a cat was seen in a “closed-up” van and later on the cat was allegedly on the floor and not moving.

Someone with an American flag sitting on a bench reportedly was threatened by a tattooed man wearing a chain around his neck who said he would come back at night and kill him or her.

An “alcohol and food fight” reportedly went down at a soup kitchen on Third Avenue East.

An intoxicated woman was seen drinking and passing out in a white chair on Third Avenue East North. The woman was eventually seen lying in the bushes. She was too intoxicated to walk, so officers gave her a citation and released her to medical personnel.

A landlord on First Avenue West thought he or she saw a methamphetamine lab in a rented room. While drug paraphernalia was allegedly found by officers, it wasn’t enough to be a lab.

A neighbor apparently was “carrying on and having a good time” just a bit too much when someone couldn’t sleep and called police noting that the man had also been allegedly revving up a motorcycle in his garage on South Woodland Drive.

A fight broke out in a men’s locker room on First Avenue West.

A woman on Empire Loop was quite upset that someone stole a couch she left out in front of her house.

A vehicle was reported stolen on North Meridian Road.


Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a man apparently pitching a fit outside a Farm to Market Road residence when he was reportedly heard yelling obscenities and set off a vehicle alarm before running away.

There are ongoing problems with people driving too fast, according to a caller on Pipe Creek Road.

Animal control was advised of a call about a bat trapped between a man’s screen door and main door on Corner Trail.

Someone called from Lower Thompson Lake to report that while he was standing up fishing in his boat, men in a pontoon boat sped by fast, knocking him over. The man said the men were cussing and swearing at him. He allegedly followed the pontoon and the men were threatening to kill him.


Columbia Falls Police Department received a report that an “extremely agitated” teen on First Avenue West was allegedly firing a BB gun around the house and pointed it at a woman and her husband.


Someone on Flathead Avenue wanted to talk to Whitefish Police Department about a possible rabid squirrel.

The driver of a recreational vehicle with an Alberta license plate had some nerve when he allegedly parked near a yellow curb and was blocking a handicapped spot for more than an hour. When someone reportedly told him he couldn’t park there, the man just walked away. The vehicle was cited by police.

A Flathead Electric employee requested to block an intersection east down First Street and south down O’Brien Avenue next week.

A woman’s long restroom break concerned someone enough to ask police to check on her. The woman said she was waiting for the train and would wait in the park.

A dog was reportedly hanging out of a vehicle window and was “hung by its back legs.” The dog was apparently “not happy about the situation.” Officers responded and reported the “dog is now safe.”

A pizza was delivered to officers on Flathead Avenue.

A woman on East Second Street was not happy to be on the IRS list after she reportedly received a letter that they did not receive her tax forms although she paid a woman to file her taxes.

A woman on Houston Drive was irritated by three youths who were “not even old enough to drive” racing by her house on a four-wheeler.

A Somers Avenue residence was burglarized and a TV and two air conditioners were missing.

Someone on Baker Avenue reported that a police officer reportedly “almost” ran over his or her dog.

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