Law roundup: Loitering individuals apparently unable to read

A woman wearing a pink shirt who appeared to be disoriented was walking toward the Flathead River in Columbia Falls.

A woman who appeared to be passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in a parking lot told Columbia Falls Police she was just “extremely tired” after getting off work.

A woman who had been “walking all over town for days” and limping was looking for assistance to purchase shoes and put ointment on her feet.

An intoxicated pedestrian was asking to use the caller’s phone and was looking for cigarettes.

A truck left in the parking lot of a grocery store was broken into and the owner was subsequently missing $800.

No loitering signs were not a deterrent to the 12 people who were hanging out around the back door of a building, a store manager reported, asking for a police officer to drive by to encourage them to leave.

A caller came home to find an unwanted person in their apartment.

Police warned a homeowner against making a false complaint against a nearby business because its music was not “unreasonably loud or raucous,” while pointing out that the homeowner's music was in fact louder than that coming from the business.

No one in distress was located after a caller said they heard a woman yelling for help.

A store wanted a woman charged after she put items in her purse and then left.

Doors were left open at a business, but nobody was around.

A caller wanted a person removed from their residence.

In Kalispell, a caller was upset about a drone going over their property and looking straight into windows.

Two bikes and a makeshift bike trailer were left behind at a property.

Someone charged a fence knocking out three panels.

A dispute ensued when a neighbor wanted the driver of a Mustang to slow down while driving in the alley as they were afraid the driver would hit children. The driver, however, was upset they weren’t talked to about the issue rather than getting law enforcement involved.

A homeowner was not violating any rules by having chickens in their backyard, but they did need to get a permit for the chickens from the city.