Law roundup: Construction crew finds old hidden room

A construction crew said it found a hidden room in a building where it appeared someone had been living for quite some time. The general manager for the company that owned the building wanted Kalispell Police Department officers to check out the makeshift living quarters, which contained personal effects and had electricity. 

A man who reportedly refused to leave a house where he had been drinking allegedly grabbed a knife and tried to stab someone. 

A man allegedly went to a location where he used to live and tried to break the handle off a woman’s locked van. She thought he was trying to break into her van “for a penny.”