Grinch suspected in Christmas tree theft

An inflatable 6-foot Christmas tree was stolen from a yard, a caller told the Kalispell Police Department. The tree owner was worried more items might go missing in the future.

Two large dogs got into a chicken coop and reportedly ate some of the chickens before Animal Control arrived on the scene.

A man might have thought he was out of view when he relieved himself behind a tree, but someone who spotted him told the KPD “the public could clearly see him urinate.” The caller said the man “looked like a tweaker” and had “a shopping cart full of garbage.”

A man who apparently smelled of alcohol bought ice cream for a younger woman. Officers investigated a call about the man and determined there was “no sex trafficking going on,” but the man was nonetheless warned for his behavior.

A man suspected a potential homebuyer burglarized him when his safe went missing the day after the house was shown by a Realtor.

A man who forgot to show up to pick up his child from school wanted to talk to law enforcement “in case his ex tries making accusations about him not showing up.”

A man who uses an alias got into a physical fight with an employee at a hardware store when he was caught shoplifting. He was restrained and then forbidden from returning to the store.

A man tried to report a vehicle as stolen, even though the truck doesn’t belong to him. When dispatchers tried to explain this to the man, he apparently “became upset and yelled several profanities before hanging up on dispatch.”

A property owner said a man was periodically “yelling at the top of his lungs” outside an ice cream shop, but when officers investigated the yeller was actually a woman. She left the area.