Law roundup: Man says fraudulent check was 'from a friend'

A bank customer was reportedly either scammed or was participating in a scam when he opened an individual retirement account and deposited a check from his 401K account, later changing his story that it was from “a friend’s” 401K. The check was returned to the bank as fraudulent after it had issued an $87,500 check made payable to the customer. The customer was allegedly in the negative by more than $42,000 and told the bank he couldn’t pay it back.

A passerby not from the area might not have gotten the best impression of it after reportedly seeing a woman wearing pajama pants and a flannel lying face down in the grass on the side of the road. They asked the Kalispell Police Department to check on her welfare. She told officers she was lying down because she was hot and wanted a ride.

An officer manager called the police to reportedly confirm a man the shop fired had been arrested and advised officers that she was going to the property. If he was there, she said she would call again to “demand he be arrested.” Officers said the business owner had to be the one to request he be moved along and if he claimed it was his legal residency they would have to go through the eviction process. The woman said “she knew the law” and insisted she would call the police if he was trespassing.