Law roundup: No tool handy to fix caller’s frustration

A woman submitted an online report about $2,000 worth of tools being stolen and called the Kalispell Police Department several times to check if it was received. She alleged that a man told her he stole the tools. An officer tried calling her back, but her voicemail was full. During one of her calls to the police, she became upset with the dispatcher and demanded a supervisor call her before hanging up. 

Someone reportedly recorded two masked males shining flashlights in the truck bed of a gray Toyota Tacoma containing electric bicycles and then riding away on them.

A stepfather advised officers that he would be out looking for his teenage stepdaughter, who reportedly had a history of running away and stealing cars, and wanted to know what his legal rights were as a stepparent to bring her to the police.

A man allegedly seen hitting his wife was taken to jail.

A three- or four-year-old child was reportedly seen playing in the front seat of a vehicle unsupervised. When the person calling in the report went to get the license plate number the vehicle was gone.

A woman called the police after allegedly seeing, on camera, a man on a bicycle with a dog hauling a dolly in an attached trailer and concluded that he was “stealing from her again.” She said he usually pawns the items at a local shop. In the background of the call, a man was heard saying, “I will kill him.” She refused to identify her vigilante friend.

A Smith & Wesson Model 640 revolver with a laser sight was reported stolen from a truck.

A mumbling man purportedly felt a presence in his home and called the police saying he was “really good at reading people,” and that he saw a sign to call the police if he knew the person pictured. He thanked dispatch for their help and hung up before they could make sense of what he was trying to report. 

Someone reportedly involved in a fraudulent check case wanted to get advice from an officer about making payment arrangements for the bad check.

A caller reported a credit card theft and fraudulent charges. An officer provided a case report number and requested a list of the fraudulent charges so they could try getting security footage.