Law roundup: Irate man needs a cold shower

A man on a black bicycle reportedly threw a tantrum on Ninth Street West, yelling about being ripped off for a shower. Columbia Falls Police Department officers were alerted that the man, who was in his 30s, could be confrontational with law enforcement and was known to carry a hatchet. Officers advised him of a warrant and told him he couldn’t be on the property, or he would be ticketed for trespassing. 

A few teens allegedly threw icy snowballs at someone’s vehicle that was driving up a hill. The driver said they had photos of the boys who were walking toward a waterfall at a bank. 

Someone called police “wondering why nothing was done” about 18- to 25-year-olds hanging around a park parking lot, swearing, drinking, fighting each other, urinating and flashing children. The caller complained that the alleged offenders already left the park. 

Officers responded to a report of man on Third Avenue who was allegedly angry at his girlfriend because he did not get any sleep and pushed her, threw food at her and recorded her. He reportedly chucked her phone outside with the grand plan to lock her out so she would leave, but he left the door unlocked. He told officers there was an argument and some food was thrown but there was no physical contact. The pair separated. 

A man called the Montana Veterans Home using an anonymous number and claimed one the residents gave him a razorblade, cocaine, needles and a gun. The man, who sounded unstable, said he was walking near the “highway to hell” and was going to break through the doors and “look at the cameras.”   

A woman called officers and heavily slurring her words alleged that her friend texted her that he killed his mother two weeks ago.