Law roundup: Officers uninterested in joining Bay Watch

The Whitefish Police Department received a call from a neighborhood busybody who reportedly saw 20 to 25 kids trespassing on a private beach area. They wanted to know if anyone in the group lived within the homeowners’ association, noting that their husband was on the board. An officer told them the police do not enforce association rules and regulations. The call ended with the husband hanging up on the officer.

A man urinated on a vehicle. His keys were handed over to police for safekeeping until he sobered up or found a sober driver.

Two possibly drunk people reportedly startled and upset roommates by coming into their house and waking them up, saying they were looking for another roommate who was not home. A man then pushed one of the residents against a wall demanding to know where the missing roommate was. They may have also tried to break down a door.

Officers responded to a report from a woman alleging she was a lawyer and that while she was in church someone left notes on people’s cars calling her a liar and a thief. Officers reportedly saw papers placed on multiple vehicles that contained statements about her lying and being harbored by the church, determining the incident didn’t amount to harassment or a privacy in communications violation.

A purse was reported stolen from a business where the hostess was purportedly “acting weird.”

On the fifth day of wandering a Coram resident’s yard, a dozen horses journeyed onto baseball fields in search of greener pastures.

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a call from someone in Columbia Falls whose security camera reportedly recorded a man walking through their barnyard and then hiding behind a tree for a while.

Two German shepherds and two blue heelers with a taste for Peter Cottontail allegedly tried to break into a neighbor’s rabbit cage in Kalispell.

Someone was concerned about a man who was purportedly always in a Kalispell park yelling at every kid who came along.

Someone in Bigfork allegedly lost $500 through a gift card scam.

A Kalispell resident reportedly called deputies wanting to find out what “acceptable barking” meant and the steps to take before talking to a neighbor about their vocal dog.

Three loose pit bulls allegedly cornered someone’s husband in Kalispell.

A parent complained to the Columbia Falls Police Department about their very drunk daughter who was “getting in their face” and standing in the driveway in a “combative stance.” They told officers she threw a chair and would usually start breaking things, but nothing physical or verbal was occurring at the time.

Someone wanted a man who allegedly kept walking in the middle of the road and talking to himself about the “help he needs.” Officers made contact with the man who turned down any assistance.

Extra patrol was requested in the area of Third Avenue where people reportedly keep running the stop sign.