Law roundup: No vacancy for out-of-state guest

A homeowner’s association president complained about a woman living out of a minivan. The woman told a Kalispell Police Department officer she was visiting someone whose house was full of children and pets. The officer counseled her about the city camping ordinance, encouraging her to sleep in the house or move the vehicle to the driveway.

A woman called the police to report people sleeping in a park and along a trail because it occurred to her that, “If we don’t do something about this we’ll end up like Portland.”

A man allegedly decided park rules didn’t apply to him when he told a woman and her son “to get over it” after she asked him to put a leash on his dog when it ran toward them.

An RV with blue stripes reportedly had the audacity to park next to a “no parking” sign for a couple of nights, according to a property manager.

Three to four kids were seen leaning from a blue car into a gray truck and someone thought they were stealing things. The kids were sitting in the truck by the time the person left.

A white van and a red car were reportedly trying to hit each other when the van tried to force the car off the road.

Someone was allegedly remiss in removing their license plates after selling a vehicle and was receiving parking tickets for it. When the seller asked the purchaser to return the plates, they claimed they had been stolen and the vehicle was totaled.

A woman reported her green and beige Louis Vuitton purse, wallet and car keys were stolen out of a shopping cart.

A bald man wearing hiking boots, a fanny pack, and carrying a duffel bag was going in and out of a salon all day, becoming more agitated each time to the concerns of employees who requested extra patrol during the evening to discourage him from returning.

Possibly the same man, who, this time, was described as having a goatee and missing teeth, reportedly went into a business carrying a bunch of cigarettes in the duffel bag and said he was very distraught; he was going to “increase the Elmo fires;” and then “started setting the business on fire.” He was moved along and banned from returning.

A mother became frantic when she couldn’t find her 3-year-old after she last saw him 20 minutes ago. She said the tyke had a history of running off. She called the police back when the wandering toddler was found taking a nap under the neighbor’s porch.