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Mutton-chop runs off with the laptop

| June 14, 2018 4:00 AM

A man with mutton-chop sideburns wearing a bowler-style hat and a blue-haired woman are reportedly suspects in an alleged laptop computer theft after someone called the Kalispell Police Department to report the thievery.

A store manager called to report a somewhat disoriented man who came into a business. The manager said he was shaking and not responding when asked to leave. He did leave and was last seen walking north on N. Main Street. Officers were unable to locate him.

Someone called to report a German Shepherd that was in the back of a large gray truck and couldn’t sit down because of the logs in the bed. The caller said the dog was shaking “like he is scared.”

A person called to report finding a debit card in an ATM machine. He took it to the Kalispell Police Department.

A woman called to report she had a gun that belonged to her ex-boyfriend that she wanted to turn in to police. She said they had broken up two weeks ago and he has been texting her non-stop. An officer retrieved the gun and placed it into evidence.

A person called about a bald, homeless man in a green sleeping bag at the front door. She didn’t speak to him, rather she elected to run away. An officer soon got the man on his way.

A woman called to report hearing thumping noises and discovered someone had shot her window with a BB gun.

A man called the Columbia Falls Police Department to report two men and a women used a knife or screwdriver to try to get into his vehicle while his wife and daughter were in the car while they were in the Browning area. When the man and his daughter’s boyfriend came out of the store, the three people had walked away.

A person called the Whitefish Police Department to see if an officer would give her friend a ride. She said she didn’t have a car and that he was stranded on East Lakeshore Drive. She also said none of the taxi services she called were answering.

A person called to report an older man in the city park area who was carrying a bag and a holstered sidearm. An officer didn’t find the man and also explained to the person that it wasn’t against the law for someone to carry a sidearm.

A group of transients caused a scene on Central Avenue, particularly one man who exposed himself several times. The caller said he wore a green hat, black boxers and little else. He also had a Boston Celtics tattoo on his back. The caller said the man had been drinking heavily and had thrown up in the alleyway. An officer got them to move on.