Law roundup: Mom seeks advice about tot’s sticky fingers

A concerned mother went to the Kalispell Police Department wanting to speak to an officer about her 4-year-old’s shoplifting habit. The parent said the child was “constantly shoplifting.”

An employee called the police to complain about a man with headphones standing outside because he was allegedly talking to himself and punching the air. Officers determined he was not committing a crime and he moved along to jam out somewhere else.

Officers warned a man not to use a megaphone at Main and East Center streets after someone complained that he was disturbing the peace.

Although megaphone man moved on to a different corner, he reportedly continued disturbing the peace when a restaurant employee called complaining they could not hear their customers on the drive-thru intercom.

A man worried that a woman recently released from jail who allegedly stole his truck would steal it again.

An 11- or 12-year-old boy was nearly hit when he reportedly ran in front of traffic screaming, “Stay away,” as a man chased after him on a bike. Someone told officers that the man was in his 50s and was wearing dark clothing and a fluffy trapper hat.

A woman was allegedly heard crying hysterically after she and a man were yelling at each other. She told officers she was crying because her purse was either lost or stolen and her boyfriend pulled her hair during an argument.

A manager allegedly found drugs in the parking lot which officers collected.

Someone wanted officers to pick up a backpack, a pair of snow pants, a sweater and a note they found outside that read, “Someone who is a liar is always doing ... upset when hearing the truth. ...”

A business asked for police assistance in removing an elderly woman in the lobby whose card kept getting declined. Officers connected with her granddaughter who coordinated with a family member to pick her up.

An employee wanted to know their options for contacting the owner of or selling an allegedly abandoned piece of machinery. 

Officers responded to a report of a semi-truck allegedly swerving between lanes, into oncoming traffic, and changing speeds. Someone told officers they followed him from Whitefish and saw the driver hunched over the wheel and thought he may be having a medical issue. When the person saw police pull up they called again to say they got secondhand information that the semi-truck driver had pulled over at one point and claimed he was having brake issues but then kept driving.

A gun and knife were reported stolen from a vehicle.

A man with short blonde hair wearing a black jacket and green backpack was allegedly looking through vehicle windows in a shopping center parking lot.

Someone called to express that they were very upset that there was “trash all over from the homeless” in a park and wanted an officer to call them back. Officers spotted multiple tents in the tree line.

A white Dodge truck allegedly went into a wheelspin in a parking lot and almost hit another vehicle.

A vehicle was reportedly heard screeching around a block for five minutes before someone decided to call the police.

A man allegedly tried to break into his car to retrieve items he left inside and set the car alarm off.