Law roundup: Cops don’t look deeper into ‘plumber’s crack’

Someone complained that the pants of a man they saw napping in the grass were hanging halfway down exposing his “behind.” Kalispell Police Department officers assessing the situation deemed it to be “just plumber’s crack,” which didn’t quite reach the level of indecent exposure.

A woman allegedly called the police because she thought her phone was hacked when some “very strange things were happening.” She reportedly got a phone call at work from her personal phone number and said random people were trying to order carne asada, which she thought was “extremely weird due to the odd number of Mexicans” in a gas station next to the casino where she worked.

A Taser was deployed and one person detained after officers responded to a report of a shoplifter with a side ponytail was reportedly slipping things in her pocket. While transporting the woman, she allegedly smashed her head “on the cage.”

A parent allegedly taught their son how to dial 911 a little too well when a call went through. Instead of using it as a teachable moment to stay on the line to tell dispatchers it was a mistake the call was abandoned. Dispatchers called back to ensure there wasn’t an emergency.

An employee was reportedly selling tobacco products to 14- to 15-year-olds. A man told officers he wanted to work with the employee and took photos of the teens, claiming to know them. Officers referred him to contact the Montana Department of Revenue and Alcoholic Beverage Control Division and Department of Public Health and Human Services.

Officers responded to a report of a distressed naked woman reportedly walking down U.S. 93.