Law roundup: Property manager sick of dealing with garbage people

A property manager was exasperated with the number of unauthorized people dumping trash in garbage containers, ignoring multiple signs stating the bins were not for public use. She called the Kalispell Police Department allegedly wanting to report theft of services after taking a photo of a man in a red truck dumping his garbage and not even bothering to drop it in a dumpster.  

She told officers that employees had to clean it up to avoid paying a $100 cleanup fee to have the trash piles picked up.  She also told staff not to approach any unauthorized riffraff who had been confrontational in the past. The man reportedly called back and said he would pick up his garbage and call the manager and she decided not to pursue charges. 

A passerby allegedly saw four “tweakers” riddled with facial sores get into an older red Subaru and watched as a fracas between the quartet unfolded. She called police alleging a man was smoking methamphetamine and “tripping out,” screaming and yelling, while a woman in the back swung at a man getting into the back seat.  The passerby thought they appeared to be in their 20s. 

Officers reportedly watched a woman stop her car in the middle of the road — on the wrong side — then turn left and stop again. Pulling her over, she said she was writing down phone numbers for apartment complexes. Officers warned her about driving on the wrong side of the road and stopping in the roadway in non-emergency situations.  

A woman complained about a police officer driving through an intersection without yielding to an older lady with two dogs waiting to cross the road. Officers let her know they were responding to a disturbance, and she was satisfied with the answer.  

A woman allegedly dialed 911, but she didn’t have an emergency. She wanted to report a red truck without license plates that parked in front of her house that morning. Officers called the registered owner who reportedly sold the truck a few weeks ago. When the man learned the truck could be towed if it didn’t move within 72 hours, he said he’d pick it up, but was advised that he should probably not do that if he was no longer the owner.