Distinctly Montana July 20, 2017

Police Reports from The Flathead (courtesy The Daily Inter Lake) Summer shenanigans are in the air when a man on roller-blades was spotted drinking a tallboy, hooting and hollering. A black bear was reportedly seen strolling down Farm to Market Road. It was a matter of public safety when someone reported seeing a tattooed-bicyclist riding the wrong way in a lane of traffic. A 7th Street busybody who earlier called in a complaint about a barking dog, wanted Kalispell Police Department to know that after an officer left the residence, she allegedly heard a woman say “they are gone, you can come down now,” and a woman came out of a treehouse. The woman making the report found it suspicious “that someone would hide in a treehouse” when law enforcement was there. Turns out, it was just teenage girls having a sleepover in a treehouse. Mystery solved. A resident of Mountain Drive reported a former employee for coming into her yard and stealing items, including the nozzle from her water hose. An angry golfer reported a woman for stealing his golf ball and running into her house with it. The woman involved stated that her dog had found the ball and picked it up. The woman had taken the ball from her dog and then run back across the street into her home to avoid being hit by flying balls. A woman called the police to report library staff would allegedly not let her print documents for a housing application. Library staff reportedly shut off the computer and refused to turn it back on.

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