LAW ROUNDUP: Woman assures police she's not a hostage

A man called Kalispell Police from a Montana Department of Corrections Pre-release Center in Billings to report that his ex-girlfriend had called and said she was being held hostage and not able to leave a place on East Idaho Street. The man said the woman wanted him to call because she was afraid the police might go through her phone.  An officer contacted the woman, who said she was not being held against her will and did not need law enforcement’s assistance. 

Police picked up several packages from Sixth Avenue East North, where a man found that several items had been shipped to his address but charged to a card that did not belong to him. The man worried scammers might have been involved.  

An officer made sure that a woman had a ride home after she allegedly drove herself while intoxicated to a salon to get her nails done. The woman was suspected of disguising spirits in a cup of coffee. 

A woman allegedly fled on foot on West Idaho Street after a security worker stopped her as she tried to make off with $200 to $300 in non-food items without paying. 

A man was told that he was not allowed back into a store on Third Avenue East North after he allegedly took a bottle full of tea into a restroom, drank it, and left without giving workers any money. 

A man called asking questions about whether or not officers were looking for him for writing bad checks. The man also had questions about a motel room he rented, allegedly for another person that night. The responding officer let the man recover most of the remnants for the prior night’s party from the room and then told the man he was not allowed back. 

 Columbia Falls Police did not have the tools to free a baby accidentally locked in a car on 10th Avenue West, but an officer responded and made sure a tow truck agency was successful at retrieving the youngster.