Law roundup: Movers accused of making off with guns

Having recently arrived in Kalispell, an out-of-towner from Louisiana was dismayed to learn that the moving company he hired had seemingly made off with two of his guns. He remembered loading the weapons, a 300 Winchester Magnum rifle and a KOFS 12 gauge shotgun, in Louisiana, but told the Kalispell Police Department the movers never showed up with them. Now they weren't returning his phone calls. He later acknowledged he didn't know if they had been stolen or just misplaced. Either way, officers asked him to get the serial numbers and full descriptions to be entered into the National Crime Information Center just in case. 

Coming across a man hanging out in the front yard of a home, officers learned that he was looking after the property while its owner was receiving treatment in California. He assured the officers that he was working on getting a letter from the facility to the Flathead County Attorney's Office as she had several outstanding felony warrants.  

Authorities banned a man from a store after he started throwing things, ultimately hitting an employee with a sports drink bottle. 

Reviewing security footage, someone spotted a man leaving a knife on a dumpster. They told officers they were worried the blade was used for something untoward before it was so haphazardly tossed aside.  

Informed by a delivery driver that an armed man was smoking a cigarette in the parking lot, store employees alerted the police. Officers were unable to locate the man, but to be fair, no one was sure if the armed man ever existed or posed a threat. The driver left before officers arrived and employees found no one matching the description in the parking lot.  

Officers reunited the victim of a theft with a drill and walkie talkies shortly after they turned up in a pawn shop. Employees of the pawn shop handed over the ill-gotten goods and the alleged thief reimbursed the pawn shop, which then banned him from the premises.  

A pedestrian flagged down an officer to report several vehicles parked illegally in handicapped spots outside a deliver company. Authorities cited four vehicles.  

Spotting a white van with painted windows and no license plates, a passerby phoned the police with their suspicions. The van was gone when officers arrived to check it out.  

Seeing a homeless man in a sleeping bag worried a passerby, who told police it seemed like he had stopped breathing, but admitted that they did not get a good look or try to rouse the individual in any way. Officers found the homeless man alive and well.