Law roundup: Alleged drug deal just addictive huckleberries

Someone called the Kalispell Police Department alleging a drug deal was going down behind a hotel when they saw a man in the driver’s seat of an SUV and another, who was kneeling, sniffing bags, and trying the contents. Turns out, the men were bagging up huckleberries, which, while addictive, are not illegal.

A resident was suspicious about how a tree was damaged in their fenced backyard and told officers a branch was “clearly cut off with a saw.”

A man wearing a Hawaiian shirt reportedly stole a case of beer from a grocery store and cruised away on a skateboard.

A man allegedly walked up to a parking lot in front of an ice cream shop yelling about executions, how they were going to happen in addition to “taking Montana back.”

A bag of disassembled flip phones were left on the mirror of someone’s vehicle and they called officers not knowing what to do with them. The bag was collected for disposal.

Four people threw rocks at vehicles in a parking lot, left, and possibly returned to the scene where they were heard on the roof of a building doing the same thing.

A man was creeping people out when he walked around a parking lot yelling at people and rambling nonsense.

A man who sounded inebriated reportedly told dispatchers a boy was outside his bedroom window hitting the side of the house and said “(expletive) you,” then hung up. All was quiet when officers checked out the area.

Someone in a red truck threw a bottle at a man’s truck, causing major damage and he wanted to press charges.

A transient kept going into a grocery store and eating food in the produce department. He was banned from returning.

Three youths clad in black were spotted on a man’s property and looking in vehicles.

A casino employee requested officers walk through the building after customers described as “rough around the edges,” walked in from a nearby field.

Three vehicles were doing doughnuts to an audience of about 10 people in a parking lot.

Someone was following a vehicle that was driving slowly, slamming on the brakes and making random U-turns. They thought the driver might be intoxicated.

Someone called the police thinking a teen lying next to a dumpster was overdosing because she didn’t move when they honked their horn.