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: Barfly fires back when card is declined
A bar patron in Kalispell allegedly went mad when the establishment “didn’t take his card” and began yelling then went outside, firing three gunshots in the air before heading westbound on Montana 35.
Law roundup: Taxidermied coyote found stuffed in snowbank
A prankster propped a stuffed coyote up on a snowbank along Nucleus Avenue prompting an employee of a nearby grocery store to contact the Columbia Falls Police Department.
Law roundup: Laptop vanishes into thin air
A woman called the Kalispell Police Department alleging that a MacBook Air delivered to her husband’s business address was stolen.
Law roundup: Package contains disturbing contents
Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a confused and concerned Kalispell woman who reportedly received a package containing...
Law Roundup: Girlfriend interrupted, by beer can
A couple spending an evening drinking and talking about different topics took a turn when the boyfriend allegedly threw his beer can at her head because she kept interrupting him while he was speaking.
Law roundup: Brake lines cut after troublemaker moves out
The brake line was reportedly cut on a woman’s vehicle.
Law roundup: Case of the suspicious vehicle solved before officers arrive
A resident reporting a possibly abandoned silver Volvo to the Kalispell Police Department had the case broken wide open by the time officers arrived. The vehicle belonged to his grandson, he told authorities.
Law roundup: No sanctuary for loiterers
A pastor asked the Kalispell Police Department to kick three people off the property who were loitering near the doors of a church’s sanctuary.
Law roundup: Woman wants to put snowball bandits on ice
A woman out walking her dog called the Kalispell Police Department claiming kids were throwing snowballs at her and she was hit in the head by an ice chunk.
Law roundup: Man bodychecked by ex
A man allegedly got off a plane and was greeted with a body check from his ex.
Law roundup: Birthday meth leads to entanglement
A man reportedly told the Kalispell Police Department that a woman was angry at him for inviting her over for her birthday but didn’t have any meth and they got into an argument where she punched and kicked him, wh…
Law roundup: Ex-employee can’t get over termination
A store owner called the Kalispell Police Department for advice about an ex-employee, who reportedly hadn’t moved on from being fired a year ago, when he began calling the store to harass employees.
Law roundup: Woman threatens man with jail over accident
A dispute sparked by a fender-bender left a man worried he had become the target of extortionists.
Law roundup: Drunk men can't be runnin’ up that hill
Two men were reportedly too drunk to make it up a hill and laid down in someone’s yard. The resident discovered the drunk men and called the Kalispell Police Department to move them along. However ...
Law roundup: 911 caller instructed on how to look up phone numbers
A Kalispell man called 911 complaining about six or eight people with megaphones pointed toward the golf course who were proselytizing about Jesus. Dispatch warned the caller...