Law roundup: Doobie’s escape plan goes up in smoke

A dog named Doobie’s escapades went up in smoke after someone found him running the streets again and took him to the Whitefish Police Department. Officers were blunt about the nature of the repeat offense and issued Doobie’s owner a citation.

A drunk man with a sunburned back and a “big beer belly” protruding over his shorts allegedly followed women down a road who ducked into a business to hide from him. The man continued walking in front of the business and someone thought he was looking for other people to follow.

Any angry customer reportedly refused to leave a business and wanted the manager’s phone number. He eventually left peacefully.

Someone disliked a businesses selection of music, which they described as sounding like an individual “screaming into the mic,” so much so that they lodged two complaints and told officers they would take the issue all the way to city hall.

A man was found sleeping on a sidewalk.

A vehicle allegedly drove off the road and into the trees where a man and another individual were seen picking huckleberries in West Glacier, according to someone who called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office.

A vexed woman called deputies reportedly worked up about no one helping her remove aggressive skunks that took over her porch.

Someone reportedly abandoned their dog with a friend in Kalispell under the pretext of dogsitting and moved out of the state.

A man was punched in the head in Whitefish.

Someone believed a mountain lion killed a Kalispell neighbor’s goat.

A man allegedly walked into a Kalispell location with syringes hanging out of his pocket.

An employee reportedly discovered someone had broken into a Kalispell location and stole batteries and metal.

A dog was probably howling for a better life when someone reporting the noise, told deputies it was tied to a rope in front of a Kalispell house noting it happens all night and day.

Meanwhile, someone in Martin City reported that a boxer-type dog had allegedly been tied up in the beating sun for hours.

A Kalispell resident with grandchildren and a blind dog requested extra patrol, complaining that vehicles rerouted by construction were driving by extremely fast.

A bear went into a Columbia Falls shop.