Law Roundup: Man grabs unknown teen by ear to get him to shape up

A man in a fast-food restaurant allegedly felt the need to grab an 18-year-old's ear and tell him, “To stop disrespecting business,” as he tried to walk outside. He also yelled at the teen’s sister before leaving. The man had a knife in his hand but did not brandish it. The victims didn’t want to press charges or testify in court but asked the Kalispell Police Department to counsel the man about grabbing people. 

A Lexus was reportedly driving through an alley, avoiding several parked vehicles, when a store manager opened an alleyway door that hit its front bumper and ripped the door frame.  

Trash, boxes and other debris had been flying off a red Ford pickup driving southbound on the bypass all the way from Whitefish. 

Someone complained a man living in their apartment building was allegedly selling drugs and had “questionable people showing up daily." The man reportedly threatened to steal all the tools out of his work trailer. The individual told officers management didn't seem to be doing anything about the complaints and wanted to move so their children weren’t exposed to the shady people, however, management was going to charge him $1,500 for breaking the lease, which he planned to go to court over and wanted the situation documented by police. 

A white SUV, a truck and another vehicle received tickets for reportedly parking between “no parking” signs on a blind corner. 

A barefoot 5-year-old wearing pajamas and playing with a pushcart was allegedly running around outside by himself and when a woman driving by stopped to ask him “where he belonged,” concerned he was unsupervised, but he didn’t respond. Officers met the child on East Meridian and Windward and reunited him with his mom. 

A welfare check was requested for two kids allegedly trying to climb a fence on a bridge before bicycling away to find something else to do.