Law roundup: Careless golfer needs new aim line

A man on Colorado Avenue called the Whitefish Police Department, complaining that someone kept hitting golf balls into the apartment complex. He reportedly saw three golf balls hit the apartment complex office and thought the golfer may be stationed in a field on Wisconsin Avenue, but wasn’t sure.

Someone calling police from Wild Rose Lane alleged that a man in his 20s could be illegally camping or “train jumping” when he walked in front of their house and “into the trees.”  

Officers received a second call from Spokane Avenue and East Second Street about a man who looked like he was getting ready to hop a train. Officers drove and walked through the area, speaking to a BNSF employee, but were unable to locate the man.

Two men standing in a driveway with a ladder and working out of a black SUV allegedly started climbing a utility pole on West Seventh Street, prompting someone to call police. The men said they worked for a telecommunications company and the SUV was a rental.

Police reportedly counseled some youths on the rules after a boy was seen riding an electric dirt bike on the sidewalk.

A green Ford Ranger was allegedly driving recklessly by “power sliding” around every corner from Waverly Street up Minnesota Avenue.

A man driving a blue and silver older Chevy pickup reportedly appeared to be “spotlighting” the side of a hill when a woman came up on his vehicle and turned the spotlight on her when she passed and then turned on his brights when behind her as she went over the bridge, which made her suspicious about what he was up to.

Officers stopped and counseled a pedestrian on their behavior on Central Avenue and Railway Street.

A man allegedly tried to break into trucks on U.S. 92 South.

Three teens on electric bicycles were reportedly doing wheelies and “driving quickly,” weaving between pedestrians southbound on Wisconsin Avenue toward the viaduct.