LAW ROUNDUP: Crossing the threshold crosses the line for resident

A Sixth Street West resident was disconcerted by a shirtless and shoeless man who just waltzed into his house. The resident “shoo-ed” the man out and although he didn’t want to press charges, he wanted Kalispell Police Department to locate the man because “he crossed the threshold of his house.”

A horse owner was not amused when a strangely acting man wearing white clothing splattered with paint was hanging around her horses at the fairgrounds on North Meridian Road, claiming to be a “horse whisperer.” She thought the man acted like he was on drugs. The man was located and advised to stay away from the horses.

A 4-year-old boy with a black eye wandered into an 18th Street East store and told a manager his parents were in a motel, but wasn’t sure where when a shirtless man came in and allegedly grabbed the boy. Officers counseled the parents.

A passerby on Hutton Ranch Road advised police of seeing a group of 20 men wearing full camo — “SWAT team” style — who were loading up into SUVs. They had several German shepherds with them as well.

Officers answered questions from an upset renter on Second Street East who said her landlord had been verbally abusive, blaming her for things “she had not done.” She said the landlord was possibly intoxicated because he “has problems with that.”

A concerned son taking care of his elderly mother told police she was the victim of a scam where people claimed she had won a car and that they would send a taxi to get her and take her to the bank. Later on, possibly the same scammer called a taxi service on Empire Loop asking him to pick up a person and take them to a bank to transfer money.

Someone downtown wanted to speak to an officer about ongoing noise at a restaurant.

A woman on Treeline Road said her car was keyed in a parking lot.

An accident involving two vehicles occurred on U.S. 93 South. One rollover was reported.

A man reported hitting a handicapped sign at a First Avenue East North business; however an employee said he ran over two.

Someone on U.S. 93 South said a man on felony probation was in possession of stolen bicycles that he had stripped and repainted. The information was faxed to police to be placed on the “hot sheet.”

A Second Avenue West resident discovered a man wrapped in a blanket under her back porch. The resident said she yelled at the man to leave, but he wouldn’t go.

A woman reported stalking to police. The woman said a man broke into her house with his “homeless buddies.”

A man on Second Avenue East North was probably fed up with continued theft issues in his neighborhood when he called to report yet another theft.

A Second Avenue West business reported a homeless man had been sleeping nearby. The man was moved along.

A suspicious package filled with clothes was found on Second Avenue East.

Flathead County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance on Jellison Road in Columbia Falls when a woman told deputies her neighbors may have been having issues with someone and that a few “warning shots” were fired. The warning shots, fired by a shotgun, apparently hit someone’s vehicle.

An employee of a Montana 40 West business in Columbia Falls wanted advice about an incident where another employee allegedly hit him over the head.

Someone on River Road reported that a customer who left “very mad” was being abusive to his dog and had “kicked his dog out” and then “let the dog back in” before driving away in a truck to another business. The Staffordshire terrier ended up impounded and taken to the shelter. Deputies weren’t sure if the suspect was the dog’s owner.

Someone was looking for a fight on Dawson Trail when a man said he was stopped by another man while driving home. He said the man asked him where he was going and what he was doing. When the driver told the man it was none of his business, the man allegedly tried to get him out of his vehicle to fight.

Two men who were panhandling with a dog and sunburned baby on U.S. 2 East in Kalispell reportedly became belligerent when someone asked them to leave.

A woman was spotted wandering around carrying a Chihuahua by the neck in addition to carrying flip-flops and a jug of water on East Evergreen Drive. The multitasking woman was reportedly yelling and throwing her arms around.

A resident didn’t like that her neighbor was allegedly watching her with binoculars and “surveying” her property.

A man on U.S. 35 in Kalispell said his intoxicated neighbor came onto his property and hit his roommate and stood in front of his trailer cussing and yelling. The incident may have been over the use of a chainsaw to cut tires.

What appared to be someone or something struggling in water on U.S. 93 South in Lakeside turned out to be floating logs upon closer inspection.

Ongoing construction is causing headaches for Whitefish residents, workers and possibly dispatchers fielding complaints for Whitefish Police Department.

A construction worker on Baker Avenue reported a truck that caused damage to construction barricades and a street light and then drove off. Officers caught up with the semi driver who said he was aware of the accident, but didn’t know he needed to report it.

A Minnesota Avenue resident complained that contractors kept parking in front of a fire hydrant and his or her mailbox. Contractors were notified of the issue.

Someone on East Second Street wasn’t reporting anything new to dispatchers when he or she said traffic was a mess because of construction and that people were not abiding by temporary traffic lights and that the intersection was blocked.

Someone at Baker Avenue told police that construction workers reportedly party in her driveway after work from 5 to 11 p.m. She wanted extra patrol because it made her uncomfortable.

Someone on Lion Mountain Loop Road called to report a vehicle parked on a sidewalk. It was ascertained that there were no sidewalks on the road and the vehicle posed no hazard.

A Crestwood Drive resident requested extra patrol in the area because people were driving “really fast” down the roadway because of construction on Wisconsin.

What looked to be an alarming situation of two men holding down a crying and screaming teen girl turned out to be leaders of a youth group for challenged children and the men were resolving a situation, but everything was OK.

A suspicious older male allegedly kept walking by and staring at a female and her friends, following them into a parking lot, then to a house, and slowed down driving past them. Officers caught up with the man who said he was just taking pictures of the neighbor’s house.

The antics of six children on bicycles and skateboards playing “ding dong ditch” (knocking on people’s doors and running away) was reported to Columbia Falls Police Department by a Riparian Drive resident.

A man was very upset when two people told him police had a warrant out for his arrest. The man may have calmed down a bit when officers informed him that there were no outstanding warrants for his arrest.

A man on Seventh Street West said a woman had stolen $5,000.

West Valley Fire Department responded to a structure fire.