Law roundup: The beast is to blame for break-in

A young man’s wallet and backpack were stolen out of his truck. Missing items included the man’s license, debit card, school notebooks and a copy of “Lord of the Flies.”

A maintenance man found a bucket of nails on the corner of a playground. Kalispell police found no concern using a canine team and collected the bucket and left.  

Someone was concerned about two large dogs on their property as they were bully breeds, but the dogs were very skittish, according to Kalispell Police Department dispatch logs, and officers could not get within 30 feet of the animals. 

A shoplifter was caught and taken into a store office. 

Someone suspected that the $10,000 and personal information they sent out earlier this year was a scam.  

A black chow in a red collar was reported missing, but the dog returned home within an hour. 

Officers apprehended a man for trespassing and photographing employees. 

A woman called Kalispell police after catching two females trying to break into her vehicle. The reporting party just wanted increased surveillance.  

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office responded to a host of animals at-large complaints, from two yellow labrador retrievers running around a neighborhood to concerns about a black German shepherd in a parked car.  

Someone smashed the back window of a van, which the reporting party claimed could have been a targeted attack.  

More than $1,000 was stolen from someone via a Facebook Marketplace scam.  

Lots of metal pieces were found scattered around on a Columbia Falls street.