Law roundup: He’s not leaving without some coffee

Not content to leave empty handed, a man asked to depart a local coffee shop returned to swipe another customer’s cup of joe before leaving for good. The Kalispell Police Department responded to the cafe and learned that the man had headed toward Depot Park. Officers eventually tracked the man down and spoke to him about filching cups of coffee belonging to other people.

A homeless person who apparently embraced the letter of the law rather than the spirit got under the skin of a passerby, who contacted the police looking for a stronger curative. Asked to move their encampment the day prior, the homeless person just relocated to a different spot in the public park. The caller told police that they walked the park daily and were getting concerned with the amount of homeless people in the area. Officers found the homeless person’s tent and left a note.

Another homeless person frustrated a resident by walking down the street toward Woodland Park. She told authorities that the man cussed at her and wanted officers to move him along, though apparently he had left when she told him to scram.

Concerned she just smoked a substance containing fentanyl, an addictive and potentially fatal synthetic opioid, a woman asked a store employee for help. The worker phoned authorities.

Police moved along a man allegedly chatting to himself while hiding behind bushes. An employee of a nearby bank asked that authorities remove the man.

A dog owner in a nearby apartment was letting his pets use a neighbor’s yard as a toilet and the neighbor wasn’t standing for it anymore. The dog owner cleaned up the mess once, but never again. As the neighbor suspected the owner of the dogs was getting evicted, authorities told him to call back if the problem continued.

A homeowner complained to the police about their neighbor, who they accused of burning tree debris and lawn trimmings constantly, but not at the time of the phone call.

Officers checked out a homeless encampment.

A caller inquired about the rules regarding roller skating on city streets.

A kitchen manager asked police to move along a young couple living in a car in the business’ parking lot.

Police impounded a black bicycle left on private property for upwards of five days.

The aforementioned kitchen manager called police again after spotting the young couple return to their vehicle in the business’ parking lot. Officers met with the couple and alerted them to outstanding warrants as well as being banned from the property. The couple pushed their car out of the parking lot.

Lending a helping hand to a friend backfired on a city resident. The resident told police he let his friend stay with him, but the friend turned out to be a “freeloader” who ended up spending the better part of a year there without paying rent. The alleged freeloader left while the resident was on the phone. Officers ultimately banned the offending man from returning to the property.

A passerby reported a woman for allegedly panhandling near the shopping plazas north of town.