Law roundup: Would-be thief wants to stay, leaves in haze of bear spray

An aggressive 35-year-old allegedly tried to shoplift and hulked out, fighting employees in the parking lot who were trying to get him to leave. He then shot a cloud of bear spray at them, which another customer thought he mostly got on himself, while three guys tried to hold him back and employees locked the door.  

A 2-year-old reportedly found a bunch of tinfoil balls in the garage containing a suspicious black substance that someone who called the police thought was drugs. They said the child’s father was a recovering addict who was recently at the home.  

An upset woman allegedly tried to kick in a door and started banging on it, yelling about stolen money. Someone told officers she might have also hit her mother. The aggressive woman was detained by police and another woman was treated for minor injuries to her face. 

A welfare check was requested for a possibly intoxicated woman in her mid-60s who allegedly walked in and out of a store and urinated on herself before getting into a vehicle and creeping out of the parking lot. The unoccupied vehicle was located at the registered owner’s address.  

A red Chevy Silverado with a yellow object in the bed was reportedly tailgating vehicles and weaving in and out of traffic on U.S. 93 from Whitefish, nearly rear-ending a car. The reckless driver then drove into a median and almost flipped.  

A woman called officers stating she was dead and needed someone to call the mortuary then said she had a phone number and would call them herself. The woman, who had a difficult time speaking, talked to a man who didn’t want to speak to officers, but she was able to confirm law enforcement’s assistance was not needed.  

A resident reportedly found a heavily intoxicated male wearing a hoodie lying in his front yard, vomiting and either he, or another male, was walking around trying to get into neighbor’s cars. One of them was taken to jail for disorderly conduct.