Law roundup: Woman’s only emergency is melting ice cream

A woman on Second Avenue allegedly told the Columbia Falls Police Department she was eating an ice cream bar and didn’t have an emergency when she called 911 because her power went out. She said the power company’s automated message said to call 911.

Numerous people were reportedly trying to get close to a black bear in a Third Avenue yard to take pictures of it. Police scared it away with their sirens.

A man allegedly went to the police department lobby to find out if anyone turned in a gray sweater he left in the park that had the word “spider” printed on it.

A teen home alone called the Kalispell Police Department to report a “weird dude” parked at the driveway for the third day in a row. The teen allegedly confronted him on a previous day and he took off. The teen said the man was parking on the street in front of their house would walk around the area.

A manager requested officers check on the welfare of a man and woman passed out in a running vehicle when they didn’t wake up after the manager made some noise. The pair told police they were sleeping in the truck because they were homeless. They moved along.

Two men and a woman were reportedly messing around in a storage unit behind a store. They agreed to move along.

A bald man and a man with a scruffy beard were allegedly looking into vehicles in a store parking lot.

Someone was concerned why two to three backpacks were left in front of the police department and there wasn’t anyone around. The backpacks reportedly belonged to a man who was in court. He said he would pick them up when he was done.