Law roundup: It’s already winter for Southern woman

Someone voiced their suspicions about a woman’s choice of outerwear to the Kalispell Police Department after seeing her bundled up in a black winter coat in the alley behind the courthouse. The woman told officers she was “very Southern” and not used to Montana’s morning temperatures.

A tattoo artist reportedly set up shop in a pavilion by a “warming hut” and was giving out free tattoos.

A man thought it was suspicious when a front-end loader with forks cruised down the street by his house, given it was after midnight.

Someone called to report an employee threatening him with a knife; then he started yelling and hung up. When dispatchers called him back and identified themselves he said he didn’t believe it.

Someone told police that a vehicle looked vandalized by spray paint and had a smashed-in front end. Officers said the vehicle, which was licensed, had nothing wrong with it other than looking like something out of the post-apocalyptic themed movie, “Mad Max.”

A gun and two magazines fell off the rail of a man’s pickup truck

Dispatchers heard a man screaming in the background of a phone call where someone reported him for possibly having an open container in a vehicle. The caller also was suspicious of the man because he appeared to be angry at someone, but he was alone. The man told officers he was trying to get ahold of his girlfriend but was able to contact a friend.

A welfare check was requested for a very thin, older man leaning against a building. He was just taking a nap.

A crying woman, who was reportedly talking to herself as she walked back and forth between a few locations “all day” concerned someone who asked officers to check on her welfare.

A black sedan with out-of-state license plates allegedly passed a car at a red light to make a right-hand turn.

Someone thought the appearance of a barefoot man wrapped in a blanket “just felt off” and wanted officers to check him out.

Two youths were warned about curfew.

A woman calling from a store alleged an ex was stalking her and had been following her for six days. She was reportedly unhappy with the advice officers gave her and hung up.

A manager wanted officers to issue a citation to a man for trespassing when he came onto the property and would not leave.

A woman claimed she saw a man using a blowtorch and a pipe to imbibe drugs and was acting funny as he walked toward a coffee shop. Officers spoke with the man and everything was OK.

A gaggle of eight to 10 teens wearing baseball caps were involved in a yelling match with a female and were video-recording her. Her friend called officers and told them he asked her to stop yelling and when they walked away the wily youths followed them. Officers met the “youngsters” at Depot Park and everyone was counseled.

Someone saw a van with its doors open and a dog inside and tried to yell to get someone’s attention, but when they didn’t, they closed them and asked officers to check it out. Officers spoke with the owner, who was going between her house and vehicle to clean up a spilled smoothie.