Law roundup: ‘Man’ taken for a burglar in prank

A woman reportedly saw a man wearing a baseball cap under the covers in her bed and fled in a panic. A neighbor said he was going to get his gun but she insisted he call 911 instead. The situation turned out to be a prank gone awry and the “man” consisted of items stuffed under the blanket topped by the ballcap. 

A facility resident’s 80-ish-year-old father allegedly tried to hit a staff member with a cane and was disruptive. Staff called the Kalispell Police Department to escort him off the property.  

A “crackhead with a stick” reportedly beat a woman who had a bruised shoulder and was thought to be hiding behind a brick wall in Heritage Park. Officers contacted the man. The incident involved a stolen backpack. 

A rottweiler and a black Labrador on the loose allegedly killed someone’s chickens and tried to attack their dogs before leaving to wreak havoc elsewhere. 

Someone asked the police to come by a purported “sketchy” motel because they thought “something weird was going on” after seeing a sign that read “no one older than 20.” They told officers they were upset about how the motel conducted business and wanted a ride. Instead of a ride, officers gave them advice on handling their concern, which was a civil issue. 

A passerby was reportedly concerned that two or three teens lying on blankets in a parking lot near a coffee stand were going to be run over. 

Someone not from here and claiming to be a retired police chief called asking if officers could do “off-duty events,” specifying that the “event” was him getting a procedure done in town and he wanted to hire an officer to drive him to and from the hospital and his hotel and sign hospital documents attesting to that.