Law roundup: 'Ransacker’ rearranges store merchandise

Kalispell Police Department responded to a report that a 30-year-old woman was allegedly “ransacking” a store by moving items around and shoving merchandise into other merchandise.  

A pile of cushions reportedly found beneath someone’s bedroom window was suspiciously arranged like a makeshift bed, which led them to think squatters were behind the decor. The person calling in the report said there had been problems with squatters in the past.  

Two men reportedly "checking” houses and mailboxes at Rogers Drive and Woodland were handing out political campaign fliers.    

A man was allegedly distraught when the blanket and sleeping bag he left on private property went missing, saying it was stolen. Officers advised him that property owners have the right to dispose of items on their property. He then told the officer he had nowhere to go and wanted to go to jail. When advised of what resources were available and that going to jail was not an option, he said he would throw a rock through a window to get behind bars.  

A man allegedly ran into a heavy cable that hit his neck and chest, knocking him out, near football fields.   

A good Samaritan reportedly called officers to check on a man she thought was having a medical emergency, possibly a stroke, when he sat in his truck, which was inching forward in the middle of the road at an intersection and stared at her when she asked if he was OK.  

A woman’s downstairs neighbor allegedly came upstairs to call her names and threaten to call CPS claiming he heard her beat her children. She told officers he was recently at her door screaming and yelling.  

An abandoned vehicle had reportedly been parked on a roadway for more than a year and had a sticker on it to move within 72 hours.  

A large truck with an extended cab was allegedly parking close to an intersection, obstructing it, for three weeks and a woman asked officers if they could tell the owner to park it elsewhere, which they did.  

Tools were reported stolen from a job site and the theft may have been recorded.  

Someone called officers wondering if a bicycle their friend allegedly found in a dumpster was stolen and provided a serial number which came back “clean.”  

The driver of a swerving gray sedan was reportedly using their phone multiple times while tailgating other vehicles before pulling into a store parking lot.  

Someone complained there was a homeless encampment in the trees by a playground. Officers didn’t see anyone at the location.