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Police Blotter

Flathead County Sheriff’s and Kalispell Police Reports

Bat Bite

By Christie Burns

Tuesday 8/13

8:10 a.m. Someone saw a transient who “didn’t look right” hanging around a soccer field. However, someone else deduced that the person was a soccer coach, not a transient.

8:43 a.m. A Martin City man reported that a few rambling locals he knows are under house arrest and should be at home.

9:03 a.m. Someone called 911 because they saw an elderly man wearing a yellow backpack walking down Highway 93 South near Somers.

12:40 p.m. A man on Conrad Drive complained that his roommate was tearing up his house. The roommate scurried away before a deputy arrived, escaping confrontation.

12:56 p.m. A man on Bison Drive reported that a dog was in his yard.

1:25 p.m. A man on Winchester Drive was advised to discontinue making harassing phone calls to another man. He told the deputy that he considered himself warned.

1:55 p.m. According to a resident there, people drive too fast along Cottonwood Drive.

2:22 p.m. A woman on Konley Drive reported that her boyfriend had been bitten by a bat. She had, however, successfully caught the bat and contained it in a jar.

2:42 p.m. Someone saw three people creeping around the grounds of a “mansion” in Bigfork.

2:58 p.m. Someone found a brand new bike at the Somers dump. They assumed it was stolen.

4:50 p.m. A worried onlooker called 911 to report that an elderly man wearing an orange hat had been sitting on the side of Farm to Market Road for over 20 minutes.

5:44 p.m. A family on Cemetery Road argued over two Brush Hogs.

6:08 p.m. A Kalispell woman reported that her boyfriend leaves the county for work every day and he’s not supposed to.

6:50 p.m. An incoherent and most likely intoxicated Martin City man complained that the local children stole his sprinkler then threw it in his yard.

7:15 p.m. A woman on Conrad Drive reported that someone unplugged her electricity and continually beats on her front door. She thinks the suspect is her vindictive neighbor, who she recently reported for drinking and driving.

7:49 p.m. Someone in Somers saw a hungry-looking deer with a broken leg.

8:38 p.m. A Martin City man who was riding his bike through town was bitten by a dog.

9:49 p.m. Reportedly, six or seven labs bark non-stop all night, every night on Helena Flats Road.

2:13 a.m. Someone saw people driving down Tamarack Lane in Columbia Falls shooting guns out their windows.