Law roundup: Sister’s joke falls flat with worried sibling

A sister’s health was no laughing matter for a woman who called the Kalispell Police Department after reportedly seeing a Facebook post that her sister “flatlined” and she couldn’t get a hold of her. She asked if officers would contact her with any updates. Officers spoke with the sister who allegedly said her sibling often calls in welfare checks when she jokingly writes something on Facebook; was OK and was tired of police checking on her whenever her sister called. Officers relayed the information back to the worried sister letting her know it was a joke.

 Two people reportedly tried to break into a house unsuccessfully. The residents requested extra patrol.

A store employee followed a man, who reportedly stole a pair of gloves and a light, into a grocery store and confronted him about the theft. The man allegedly gave the gloves to the employee and fled with a shopping cart. Officers caught up with the man and ticketed him.

Arguing coworkers were involved in a “hostile workplace incident” where one man allegedly chest-bumped and pushed the other and attempted to slam an office door in his face, which he blocked with his foot. One of the men claimed the other had been harassing him over a week about his job.

Someone reportedly watched a man down the street try to move parking lot dividers with his truck.

A woman with dark red hair tied up in a bun and wearing gray leggings and brown boots allegedly shoplifted two pairs of shoes and left in a tan Ford Explorer with a broken back window.