Law roundup: Man flushed out of building after toilet slumber
An employee opening a business for the day reportedly found a man sitting in one of the rooms. The man claimed his overnight stay was the result of falling asleep on the toilet. Kalispell Police Department officers advised him that he could not return to the property or he could be cited for trespassing.
A hotel employee was allegedly punched by a man with shaggy hair and started bleeding from the nose. The man was hanging out at the front entrance carrying a blue bag that contained a ukulele. He was probably playing to a different tune on the way to jail.
A male passenger in the backseat of a green SUV driving around town was reportedly seen wearing an Obama mask and pointing an “AR-style gun” out the window, which turned out to be a paintball gun. Two other passengers were gone when officers arrived. The other occupants were counseled. The person calling in the report did not want to pursue charges, saying they did not threaten or point the guns at them.
A woman was heard screaming, “You headbutted me. Get off of me,” during a fight with a man in a hotel room. Parties were separated and nothing physical allegedly occurred.
A man wearing a pink coat was counseled on his actions after someone, who thought he was on meth, claimed he was trying to get into a coffee stand and another business.
Three trucks full of kids were purportedly causing a ruckus in the parking lot of a nonprofit center when they were seen weaving around parked vehicles and throwing trash out the windows. Officers counseled the individuals and told them to pick up their garbage.
An employee with a property management business complained about a vehicle parked on private property and not in a parking space. He was not happy when advised that the car could be towed at either his or the owner’s expense and started whining about the laws “being stupid” and then funneled his displeasure toward police “not doing their job.” It was also learned during his call that he had already been given information on his options.
Teens were reportedly driving over parking lot berms.
A man, who sounded intoxicated, was allegedly banging on a woman’s door, asking her to open up. When she told him no, he asked her why. She locked herself in the bathroom and called the police. The man was returned to his own apartment.
A man alleged that four males, possibly in their late teens or 20s, went through everything in his unlocked vehicle and stole two pairs of prescription sunglasses and a toolbox then took off in a red sports car with tinted windows.
Someone was rousted from their slumber by the din of their drunk neighbors “yelling at the tops of their lungs,” while fighting. The caller claimed they had previously spoken to one man multiple times about his loud yelling.
A man in a green T-shirt was not going to let anyone get in his way when he reportedly pushed an older woman into a vehicle while walking toward a casino. She told the person calling to report the incident that she didn’t want help.
An infant was allegedly sitting on a passenger’s lap unbuckled, in a green van with out-of-state license plates.
A man was too drunk to get up off the floor of a woman’s apartment and needed help walking after being told to leave.