Law roundup: Legally parked car threatens to disrupt boating plans

A man worried that a vehicle parked in an alley behind Ninth Avenue West would disrupt his boating plans and phoned the Kalispell Police Department looking for help. The Subaru Forester had been left in the alley since December, he said, and he was concerned it would block him from getting his boat into his yard. Another neighbor might have trouble getting around the Forester with his camper, he said. Officers checked the vehicle and found that it was parked legally and its paperwork matched a nearby address. Though authorities tried to contact the owner, the phone number on file with the vehicle was out of service. 

Finding a dozen eggs littering his property, seven of which landed true and struck his house, a resident told the police he considered it possibly a “targeted attack” against him. Officers reported hearing of other eggings around town and suggested it was more likely that teenagers engaged in “shenanigans” randomly picked his home.

Someone reported the driver of a Ford Windstar minivan for driving recklessly.

The general manager of a business near Appleway Drive told authorities that he found three people inside the building when he arrived that day and locked them inside. The miscreants were able to escape and took off, though. Officers later secured the building. 

Construction workers arrived at a building site to find a man hanging out on the property. He allegedly used a ladder to get over a fence protecting the area. After chasing him off, they phoned the police and asked that officers find the man and ban him from the property, which they did. 

A patient at a local emergency room apparently overstayed his welcome. Medical staff said he first tried to pretend he was asleep, but began yelling and making threats when employees approached him. The man eventually departed. 

Someone burglarized a storage unit. 

A person phoned police after being approached by what looked to be a homeless man carrying a bucket. Officers found the bucket, but were unable to locate the man. 

Finding his home egged the night prior, a man assumed it was because he flew the “thin blue line” flag, Israeli flag and U.S. flag. A neighbor several houses down also suffered an egging. Officers spoke with the man and logged the information while agreeing to mount extra patrols. 

An older man walked up to a teenage girl and made her feel uncomfortable. He allegedly made comments along the lines of her running “away with him.”

A teenager contacted the police and asked them to come down to the skate park to speak with a man “smoking a lot of stuff.” While the teen was unable to describe what the man was smoking with, he said the smoke reeked. The man was also allegedly carrying a bag with a 5- or 6-inch fixed blade knife in it. Officers passed by the skate park, but were unable to locate anyone matching the description given.