Flathead County Police Blotter

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 03/19/2020 at 12:48 • Filed to: Police Blotter

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6:17 a.m. A man said his car wouldn’t start at the airport. He called 911 to ask for a jump.

Basically this says your car is shit

9:27 a.m. A Bigfork resident complained that someone kept coming on to her property and cutting her trees.

10:49 a.m. A pawnshop owner called to report that he had some stolen goods.

1:08 a.m. A drunk guy needed a ride home.

7:48 a.m. A Kalispell coffee shop was broken into.

3:15 p.m. A Kalispell man called to report that the home he was renting was full of stolen goods.

4:06 p.m. A Kalispell man was smoking near the gas pumps. Someone thought that wasn’t safe.

4:14 p.m. A grocery store employee called 911 to report that a woman had been in the store’s bathroom for an extended period of time. The employee thought that the woman was either doing drugs or eating donuts.

4:37 p.m. Three men got into a fight at a local Mexican restaurant.

5:23 p.m. A sheriff in another county called to ask if he could borrow the Two Bear Air helicopter. Apparently he was looking for a suspect that was a “bit of a mountain man” and the helicopter might be useful.

6:19 p.m. A Kalispell woman accidentally called 911 on her phone while she was taking a lasagna out of the oven.

7:52 p.m. A local woman jumped out of a moving vehicle.

10:02 p.m. A California man with a second home in Montana got a notification that the alarm at his local home went off.

10:16 p.m. A man called 911 because he saw a man with a sheet over his head in a parked car. Turns out the guy was just napping.

10:20 p.m. A Columbia Falls man called 911 to complain about his neighbor who is constantly running his chainsaw at night. The neighbor also has giant flood lights on at all hours of the day.

11:26 p.m. There was some trash in the middle of an area road.

1:07 a.m. A Columbia Falls bar owner reported that one of his patrons had just lost it and she was punching people in the bar. The caller wanted the cops to come down to take her away but after a few minutes said, “Eh, I’ll handle this myself.”

4:46 a.m. Someone called 911 to report that there was an SUV with its engine on sitting in an Evergreen church parking lot for over an hour. The caller thought that was pretty weird.

5:12 a.m. A man was sprayed with mace.

11:18 a.m. A Hungry Horse woman called 911 to report that she got a phone call from a friend of hers asking that she leave a jug of cold water on her porch and then talked about the “Evil Spirit” of Steve. The caller thought that was a pretty weird exchange and that the authorities should get involved.

11:49 a.m. A Kalispell man called to complain about all the kids partying at the end of his road every Friday night. Besides making a lot of noise they’ve also been stealing ladders.

12:30 p.m. A Kalispell man called to report that he has a medical marijuana card but he was curious if he could also have a gun.

1:08 p.m. A local UHaul manager called to report that he found a bunch of drugs in one of their vans.

3:49 p.m. Some skiers got lost near Flower Point at Whitefish Mountain Resort.

4:25 p.m. There was an abandoned wheelchair on Shady Lane.

4:52 p.m. A Kalispell man brought a bicycle he found to the sheriff’s office.

5:22 p.m. Some separated parents in Columbia Falls got into a fight over their child’s hand washing regiment.

8:17 p.m. A Kalispell man reported that his fishing pole and his driver’s license had gone missing.

11:10 p.m. A man pulled up to a gas station, got out of his car, got into another one, started it with a screw driver and drove off.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 12:53

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I’ve been doing that jump  hookup for years, but what is the difference between grounding the dead car on the car rather than using the ground post on the battery? I’ve always heard that it keeps the battery from exploding, but how?

The Ghost of Oppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 13:01

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5:23 p.m. A sheriff in another county called to ask if he could borrow the Two Bear Air helicopter. Apparently he was looking for a suspect that was a “bit of a mountain man” and the helicopter might be useful.

I can feel the disdain in this one.  

Notchback88 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 13:02

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Doing Drugs or Eating Donuts - sounds like an unreleased Cake album.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 03/19/2020 at 13:03

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You need to ground the good battery to the dead car. It’s an electrical thing that I really don’t understand. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > The Ghost of Oppo 03/19/2020 at 13:04

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They are surprisingly liberal with the use of the helicopter for search and rescue but I imagine this was not a life or death situation.

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 13:15

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She’s definitely eating donuts.

functionoverfashion > ttyymmnn 03/19/2020 at 13:18

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Interesting, I’ve never done a jump that way. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 13:25

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I think it’s an electron.

user314 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 13:25

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6:19 p.m. A Kalispell woman accidentally called 911 on her phone while she was taking a lasagna out of the oven.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 03/19/2020 at 13:26

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That’s backwards, you would be trying to charge the good battery with the bad. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/19/2020 at 13:28

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3 rules of older men:

1. Never pass up a chance to go pee

2. Never trust a fart

3. Never ignore a electron. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 13:32

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I treat farts with extreme caution.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > ttyymmnn 03/19/2020 at 13:40

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It doesn’t keep the battery form exploding. What it does do is shorten the return path to the good battery, which minimizes voltage drop / increases current flow. Technically it doesn’t really matter, if you go + to + and - to - it will still work, it’s just not optimal. In most cases it won’t make a difference unless maybe the battery you’re starting from is already weak or something, in which case minimizing losses may make the difference between starting and not starting.

Maybe I’ll make a separate post about it with a diagram. 

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 03/19/2020 at 13:45

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it’s to lessen the possibility of fire in the minuscule chance that the battery is outgassing hydrogen, (which could have been valid 50 years ago, but not really today...)

user314 > The Ghost of Oppo 03/19/2020 at 13:47

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ttyymmnn > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/19/2020 at 13:54

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That would be cool.. Thanks. 

Nom De Plume > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 14:05

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3:49 p.m. Some skiers got lost near Flower Point at Whitefish Mountain Resort.

G etting lost in a Flower Hole.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 14:18

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You can actually eat drugs and do donuts at the same time.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Nom De Plume 03/19/2020 at 14:20

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My son and I pulled a guy out of a tree well on Flower Point in January, so yes checks out. 

ranwhenparked > The Ghost of Oppo 03/19/2020 at 14:25

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Is “bit of a mountain man” code for “white separatist  militia member” ?

Nom De Plume > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 14:26

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That was a Dad joke of some majestic proportion.

facw > ttyymmnn 03/19/2020 at 14:43

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I think that’s right. The concern is that the battery could be offgassing (hydrogen IIRC), and the spark when completing the circuit could ignite it.

Electrically, it shouldn’t matter, since the body should be grounded on both cars.

facw > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 14:44

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4:06 p.m. A Kalispell man was smoking near the gas pumps. Someone thought that wasn’t safe. 

It should of course be legal and social acceptable (indeed encouraged) to spray anyone who does this in the face with a fire extinguisher.

Jason Spears > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 14:47

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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 03/19/2020 at 14:56

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What fun are toys if you don't play with them?

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > ttyymmnn 03/19/2020 at 17:50

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If you ground to the dead battery then you are charging the battery...but if you ground to the block close to the starter then you are just starting the car. Both will work but the latter is faster because the circuit is shorter and simpler.