Law roundup: Spreading the good news the wrong way

A man out trying to save souls drew the ire of a store manager, who told the Kalispell Police Department that the roving proselytizer was harassing his employees. The man reportedly had pressed a white van outfitted with large speakers into service and was driving around telling people to repent, according to the manager. He asked that officers ban the man from the premises. Officers let the missionary know it was time to move on.  

The errant preacher found himself banned from another property, this time a church, not long after. The church's priest told officers that a man, described as driving an old white van, harassed nearby people and posted "vaguely threatening signs" on the church door.  

A landlord asked for officers to accompany him during a walkthrough of a rental apartment. He began the process of evicting the tenants in August and wanted photographs of the damage to the rental.  

Fed up with a rude customer, employees of a local bank planned on cashing him out and letting him know he was no longer welcome at any of its branches. They alerted authorities to the situation, reporting that the man was aggressive with employees and other customers earlier in the day. They also sought to ban him from the property. 

The assistant manager of a store told officers that a motorist had left a blue Yukon sitting in a parking lot for about four days. The back window of the vehicle was broken and covered by plastic and a five-gallon bucket of rags was left by the rear wheel of the passenger side. Authorities left a voice mail for the registered owner.  

Troublemakers in a white car with a loud muffler reportedly egged a short-term rental overnight.  

A man apparently out thousands of dollars on a time share asked authorities for help in ridding himself of the financial albatross around his neck. Officers recommended he speak with a lawyer to pursue the matter in civil court.  

Officers checked in on a woman reportedly slumped over in a purple Dodge passenger car. She told them she was homeless, but working overnight shifts at a gas station in Whitefish and had fallen asleep in her car.  

Vandals slashed the tires of a black 2011 Toyota Camry overnight.  

A chocolate lab was running wild in a public park.  

Officers tried to intervene between two feuding neighbors.  

Running into trouble trying to retrieve a mobile hotspot they had loaned out, a resident turned to the police for help.  

A jogger spotted a group of teenagers hanging out around an adult couple in a tunnel and told the authorities that they suspected it was a drug deal. Several of them were holding money, but the jogger did not see it change hands. Arriving officers found the tunnel vacant.  

The owner of a cleaning company reported receiving a bad check for the amount of $2,000. 

An ex-boyfriend reportedly stole his former partner's phone and was using it to make food delivery purchases.