LAW ROUNDUP: 'I'd like to return this dog food I didn't buy, OK?'

Kalispell Police responded to Hutton Ranch Road where a customer had gotten creative with crime by allegedly grabbing a bag of dog food from a shelf and returning it to the service desk for $33. An officer was dispatched to file a report.

A person called from First Avenue East where she said that she had lost her elderly father. She had locked him in the car when she went into the bank because he has dementia. The family had been looking for him for two hours. Turns out someone had called an hour earlier and told police they had given a man a ride after he told them that he had escaped his son’s car. The man was reunited with his family.

An officer took a witness statement from U.S. 2 where a man reported that his ex-girlfriend had keyed his car.

Officers found that no one was chasing anyone or shooting after a woman ran into a stranger’s home on Teal Drive and claimed that someone was after her and had fired shots at her. The homeowner kicked the woman out and let her stand on the porch until police arrived. The homeowner asked for extra patrol later in the evening.

Officers filed a report after someone called and said he or she had been assaulted by a man who fled in his girlfriend’s car. Officers were told the suspect might have a gun that he recently stole from a friend. Officers took a statement, but were unable to immediately locate a suspect.

Columbia Falls Police counseled a man who called and wanted to know whether or not he could legally mace someone without any repercussions.

A woman called from Copperwood Court to report to Whitefish Police that her car had been broken into. She called back later to say that the thief had left her wallet behind, but taken the $20 that was in it.

A worker reported that thieves had hit a thrift store’s donation box in the middle of the night. The incident was caught on camera.

A businesswoman on Central Avenue reported that someone might have shot out her store’s back door window, but an officer could not determine that a bullet had been the cause of the shattered glass. Falling ice was also a possibility.