Law roundup: Man keeps breaking into future brother-in-law’s vehicle

A rundown vehicle had become a sore spot for a man and his future brother-in-law. Having left it parked at his fiancee’s house, the owner had since discovered that her brother, who he described to the Kalispell Police Department as homeless, was constantly breaking into the broken-down vehicle. He told officers he just wanted the information logged while he worked on getting the vehicle running and out of there. 

Workers at a dentist’s office asked authorities to handle interlopers in a motorhome on the property. They also wanted the owners of the motorhome cited for using the office’s garbage can without permission.

Finding a woman once again on a property she was trying to sell, a real estate agent turned to the police for help. The alleged squatter had filled up the toilet with paper, taken down the curtains inside the home and was presently hanging out in the yard, the agent said. Arriving officers barred the squatter from the property. 

Officers ticketed a Mercedes left in a handicap parking spot. 

A man attempted to depart a local food bank with a shopping cart against the wishes of employees there. When they asked him to leave it behind, he began cursing and yelling.

The owner of a building asked authorities for advice on handling homeless people hanging out in and around the area. They made her tenants nervous, she said. Officers added the address to the department’s hot sheet. 

An employee of a security firm contacted the Police Department to let them know they would no longer be providing security for a former extended-stay motel closed several years ago for redevelopment. The property owners had failed to pay up and they were pulling out, the employee said. They wanted to let the police know because the property suffered frequent break-ins. The employee later called back and said they were resuming security services at the location. 

A motorist struck the south side of a building while trying to turn around in a parking lot and then took off. Investigators noted that the damage to the building appeared minimal from the outside, but cracks and tears were visible on the inside. 

Finding a dog swimming in Ashley Creek, a resident took the tag-less pooch to the Flathead County Animal Shelter. 

Officers helped Montana Highway Patrol track down relatives of an individual involved in a collision between a motorist and a pedestrian. 

Concerned, an anonymous caller reported employees at a local business for taking photographs of the IDs of only customers who appeared Hispanic. 

Officers investigated a report of one or more people hanging out inside the locomotive along the Parkline Trail. Authorities found it unoccupied.