Law roundup: Unwanted stranger at the door

A woman met with officers in the lobby of the Kalispell Police Department after a neighbor kept harassing her and possibly even tried to break into her home. She initially reported threats made against her, but decided to come in after the man started showing up at her apartment door. Officers recommended she call the next time he pops up outside of her apartment and secure a restraining order if she figures out his name.

Police performed a wellness check on a cat spotted on the side of the road. The person who phoned in the location was worried the animal was injured and asked that someone take a look.

A pair of men parked in the lot near an auto dealership aroused suspicion. A caller told the police that both were acting really “strange” and really “weird.” Officers met up with the two men and learned they were waiting in the lot for a friend. They were not, an officer noted, breaking any laws.

A recently laid off employee left work with the company keys, earning the ire of their former employer. The employer contacted police hoping to explore his options and ultimately asked officers to contact the former worker. When they reached her, she told them she had someone return the keys for her. Checking back in with the former employer, he confirmed the keys were back in his possession.

A former tenant of a basement unit wasn’t able to take a bookcase and desk when moving out of their one-time digs and told police that the landlord wasn’t giving her access to the items. Officers spoke with the landlord, who readily agreed to let the former tenant return to the building for her belongings.

Officers headed to a local shopping center for a report of a man chasing a woman and accusing her of stealing items. According to the phone calls made to dispatchers, the man smelled of alcohol and the two entered the shopping center yelling at one another. Upon arrival, officers learned that the fight was a disagreement between two people and both had already left after being asked to depart.

After being asked to leave a motel, a woman called police to report a “domestic violence situation.” She said that she and her sister paid to stay at the motel for two nights and were now being informed that they were trespassed from the property. The motel staff were rude and not giving an explanation for the pair’s removal, she said.

Disabled vehicles left on the street compelled a resident to ask police for help in seeing them removed. One vehicle in particular, which lacked wheels and tires, had sat on blocks for about five days.

A shopper contacted police after a stranger pestered her daughter in a local store. The unidentified man was midway through the self-checkout process when he stopped and tried to talk to the woman’s child. He kept offering to buy her a toy, the woman told police, saying she “had a weird feeling about it.” The man took off after she alerted store security.

Someone called the police after confronting a group of panhandlers, telling them that panhandling was barred in the city. Two of the group made it across the street, one of them staggering around with an open container. The caller worried he might fall into traffic.

Several former hotel guests unable to take a hint and leave prompted an employee to call local authorities. They kept returning and asking for the room they stayed in previously. While they were rebuffed, one of them had hung onto the room keys. Officers moved the group along.