Law Roundup: A tale of the fake dead body

A supposed dead body wrapped in a mattress pad found along the Stillwater River by a bike rider turned out not to be real when the Kalispell Police Department arrived.

A man believed that the roofers working at his apartment building were figuring out a way to steal his bike. He called the police wondering what recourse he had.

A gooseneck flatbed was blocking the caller’s driveway. The owners of the trailer, a construction crew in the area, were located and they agreed to move the vehicle.

After an altercation with a neighbor, a property manager called the police to report that one of the tenants was being aggressive.

A very skittish dog was loose on Main Street.

When considering the city’s laws for side by side riding on the streets, an interested patron decided to call and ask the Kalispell police. Dispatch answered their questions.

A person showed up to speak with someone regarding a male crawling around his roof last night.

Someone called dispatch with questions about opening a pet store that includes aquatic animals and more. An officer said they would call them back tomorrow.

After witnessing a man throw a beer can out the window of his Honda Pilot, a caller followed the man in their personal vehicle. The caller was worried the man, who was driving intoxicated, was impersonating law enforcement. Dispatch took the man to the hospital when they arrived.

A man was setting up camp and hanging his laundry in the bushes in a vacant lot next to the caller. The caller wanted the man moved along, and police told him to do so.

A man in a red jacket with brown hair was swearing at an employee in a lobby with a possible weapon in his backpack. When he was leaving, he dropped a small baggie and picked it up, which the caller believes was drugs.

A forest green, multicolored paneled Subaru Impreza was abandoned with a smashed font window.

In light of it being an ongoing issue, a caller reported that a horse keeps getting out in their area. Dispatch notified the owners of the horse, but noted that the horse itself was possibly headed home already.

An Australian shepherd dog was reunited with its owner after a caller picked it up.

Someone was concerned that a log in the middle of the left lane on the bypass would cause an accident. The log was already moved out of the way when law enforcement arrived.

Law enforcement gave advice to a juvenile’s parents since they were not listening to them.

A caller was concerned that a group of people was doing drugs in the park because they were rocking back and forth. It turned out to just be the same group of transients that always hang out in the park, law enforcement found.

An intoxicated male continued to fall asleep in the booth of a business until a police officer showed up and took him home.

A woman claimed that her iPhone was hacked and sent police officers multiple documents on her phone to show that there was an issue. These revealed that the woman had a paid dating app, which uses “credits” to send and receive messages. Dispatch advised the woman to report the issue to her phone company.

Someone was scammed out of $500 when they gave the scammer personal information.