Law roundup: Sporting goods customer spoiling for a fight

An argument between an employee in a store's sporting goods area and a potential customer nearly ended up in fisticuffs. The employee later told the Kalispell Police Department that the man, accompanied by an 8-year-old boy, challenged him to meet him outside. The man apparently lingered in the parking area near the section of the store with groceries but later departed.  

Officers stopped a pedestrian and took him to the county jail after determining he was wanted on a felony charge.  

Witnessing the driver of a maroon Toyota Prius strike a parked black Prius and then drive off, an onlooker alerted the police to the apparent hit-and-run. Officers were unable to locate the black Prius.  

Officers issued a BOLO after a patient apparently vaulted over the back fence of a facility and took off.  

Spotting the dog that recently bit her son running around in the neighborhood again, a mother asked to talk with the police. The dog was supposed to be quarantined, she said.  

Two dogs hanging around a dumpster at a worksite prompted a construction worker to ask for animal control officers. The authorities grabbed the pups and discovered they lacked collars, tags and microchips. The dogs were taken to the county animal shelter.  

An anonymous caller told the police he had just dropped off two people who were in possession of fentanyl in powder form. They said the pair had been smoking it while in his car. Officers unsuccessfully searched for the duo.  

Tired of having her ankles nipped at or being barked at by several dogs tied to a tree at the edge of a resident's property, a woman asked the police to intervene. Officers checked in with the dogs' owner, who agreed to keep a better eye on them.  

Thieves broke into a vehicle overnight and made off with several items.  

Tired of dealing with irate, would-be tenants, a property owner asked the authorities for help in getting her home removed from Craigslist. Someone else put up the posting, likely to defraud people, but prospective renters keep showing up to inquire about the listing. She told officers she had alerted Craigslist to the fake post.