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Police Blotter

Flathead County Sheriff’s and Kalispell Police Reports

Neighborhood Feud and a Black Eye

By Heather Jurva

Wednesday 3/31

7:33 a.m. A dog was seen in an enclosed vehicle at a local pizzeria. Authorities left a notice on the car.

7:41 a.m. A backpack containing a laptop computer was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Walton Drive.

10:06 a.m. According to a Martin City resident, several kids came onto his property and threw rocks at him. The mother of one of the children claims that he then came onto her property and grabbed the child as he was playing on the trampoline. Deputies responded and helped them work it out.

11:27 a.m. No medical attention was necessary for a child who was bitten by a dog on Wettington Drive.

12:06 p.m. A camera was stolen out of an unlocked truck on West Bowman Drive.

12:11 p.m. Someone on Steel Mountain Road claims that a mountain lion lunged at her before her dog chased it away.

12:30 p.m. An aggressive black lab bared its teeth at an individual running with a Jack Russell terrier in Creston.

1:29 p.m. Three aggressive panhandlers were seen at a local casino, one of whom allegedly brandished a knife at a customer. The subjects were gone when authorities arrived.

1:34 p.m. On Halfmoon Road, a blue heeler was evidently stalking livestock and terrorizing a resident cat.

1:58 p.m. A man on Willow Glen Drive reportedly yelled at several laborers after they swept dust into the right-of-way.

3:10 p.m. Authorities responded to reports of a highly intoxicated male harassing people for money at a local casino.

3:49 p.m. Gas was siphoned from a vehicle in Bigfork.

4:14 p.m. Four transients were warned to vacate the area near an Evergreen box store.

4:53 p.m. Deputies responded to reports that a suspicious man was peering beneath a vehicle at a local bank. Upon investigation, it was found that he had simply dropped a handful of papers under the car.

5:40 p.m. Although the child maintained that his black eye was the result of a friend flinging a camera at him, his father believed that it was in fact inflicted by his ex-wife. Authorities viewed film from the camera in question and found that it actually had been thrown at the boy.

5:44 p.m. A Bigfork woman called to report that a man assaulted her. A witness indicates, however, that the woman actually slapped the man and he did nothing more than grab her hands.

6:07 p.m. A vehicle parked suspiciously on Aluminum Drive was gone when authorities arrived.

6:44 p.m. Three guns were stolen from a storage unit after the lock was cut.

6:59 p.m. A Whitefish homeowner reports that their housekeeper found a wallet belonging to an unknown individual in the home. The caller also reports noticing other unusual occurrences in the residence.

7:56 p.m. A neighbor shooting in the direction of a home on Smith Lake Road had in fact placed an appropriate backdrop before the house.

12:49 a.m. Authorities helped a Bigfork resident shut of their residential alarm. Although the alarm had been in place for ten years, the reporting party never learned how to shut it off.