Law roundup: It doesn’t pay to pee and flee from officers

Whitefish Police Department arrested and booked a man in jail for allegedly urinating in public, having an open container of alcohol, resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer after he led officers on a chase down Central Avenue onto Railway Street and Spokane Avenue, where he was taken into custody. 

A baby on a boat reportedly needed to disembark, but the truck needed to pull the boat off the lake was blocked by fire hoses. 

A vehicle swerving all over the road reportedly hit and knocked over a construction sign.  

An intoxicated man in his 50s or 60s was reportedly seen stumbling around town carrying keys and trying to find his car. 

A door lock on a short-term rental was allegedly drilled out to free a 2-year-old child locked inside. A woman told officers she couldn’t get ahold of the rental manager. The child was OK. 

Officers followed up with a man who alleged that someone stole three animal enclosures valued at about $125 and was continuing to escalate situations with him. 

Someone thought a man reportedly riding a bike around City Beach, playing music and “checking people out” was “acting weird.” 

A welfare check was requested on possibly the same man, who was allegedly going in and out of a house saying it was not his and locking the doors. He was last seen running and pacing around the beach for about an hour, speaking gibberish and looking in trash cans with a flashlight. 

People reportedly gave a man a phone they found alongside the river because they knew the owner. The man went to the police department and was hot and bothered to find the building “locked up tight” and the vestibule speaker not working. When he spoke to someone, he voiced concerns that the owner of the phone was in trouble, and he could assist officers.