Law roundup: Literate thief looks for a good read

Papers and books were reportedly missing from a Bigfork residence and were reported stolen to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office.

Someone’s “friends” were allegedly staying up at a state park and stole stuff from a transient camp they found in the woods including a firearm and a machete and they wanted to know if it had been reported yet.

A man who lived near a building under construction reportedly heard metal scraping around it and was concerned someone was stealing tools or materials. He called back to report the source of the sound was a sprinkler hitting a big piece of metal.

A Kalispell resident alleged that deputies had been coming onto his property every day and wanted to know why because he believed they were trespassing.

Someone allegedly tampered with a hydro tank on a grader and stole some food.

A man calling from West Glacier was reportedly pressured into showing nudity during a video chat and when he did, on accident, the other party threatened to send screenshots to his online accounts and contacts.

A man allegedly walked up to an employee, offering money for “illicit goods.” The man kept walking around the lot and possibly went into a Kalispell storage unit.

A passerby noticed a crying woman on the side of the road with a bunch of stuff around her in Columbia Falls.

Whitefish residents were sick of a dog always running loose and chasing deer.

Kalispell Police Department received a report that a man wearing one boot was reportedly found lying face down in a park pavilion along with shopping carts. When a parks and rec employee asked him to move on, he yelled that he didn’t have to.

A white pickup truck with a blue blanket on the back window allegedly kept driving by a man’s house and harassing him.

A pool employee was trying to clean a bathroom when a man refused to leave.