Law roundup: Man encouraged to finish sleeping it off

After a silver Subaru station wagon with out-of-state plates had taken up a spot in the parking lot for the third consecutive day, a church employee phoned the Kalispell Police Department. They said that at last glance, there was a person lying down in the backseat. When officers arrived, they found a man getting out of the back and hopping into the front seat. After unsuccessfully cracking the window, the would-be motorist opened the door and explained he had been out drinking the night before and had fallen asleep in his vehicle. Officers warned him against trying to drive until he finished sobering up.   

Officers cited two individuals after a maintenance man discovered they had broken into a building with their dogs. They also banned the pair and their canines from the property.  

A dumpster diver seemingly made his last splash in a local business' trash pile. The manager told the police that he had repeatedly asked the man to stop going through the dumpster to no avail and wanted him banned from the premises. He agreed to phone back when the man, who usually appeared once or twice a week, showed up again.  

Finding a suitcase left in their yard, a property owner asked the police to "check it out." 

Upon realizing that his pet sitting gig was increasingly looking more permanent, a resident phoned the police for help. They recounted agreeing to watch a friend's dog for three days, but it was nearly two weeks before the friend showed up for the animal. Then the very next day they found the pit bull dumped on them again without warning. They had gone out to their truck and discovered the canine tied to the front bumper. Officers brought the dog to the county animal shelter and told the staff not to release it to the owner, who they planned to investigate for animal cruelty.  

Store employees accused a woman of scanning the wrong items at the cash register to lighten her bill. They estimated the scammer had made off with more than $424 in ill-gotten savings.  

A businessowner found a purse mistakenly left at their store and asked that officers retrieve it, which they did.  

Officers impounded a pair of pets after receiving reports of a man beating his dogs on the side of the road. 

A man speaking oddly while dragging pylons and marking stakes around a parking lot was given a warning by the authorities at the behest of an employee of a nearby business. The man, who did not need assistance, went on his way.  

Two men were apparently hanging out at a worksite without permission. One of them eventually left but the other needed encouragement from police officers.