Law roundup: Cyclists pedal dog complaints on social media

Community members allegedly harassed a Whitefish resident on Facebook about an incident where cyclists participating in an event screamed at her dogs as her house happened to be along the route.  

Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a brawl in Columbia Falls where a vehicle was ramming into things and people were throwing rocks at the vehicle. The person who called to report the fracas said 20 people were at the location, one person was injured -- that they knew of -- parties were separated and the person in the vehicle was “now stuck on the property” and several people were throwing rocks and yelling.  

A Kalispell resident called deputies alleging someone was playing ding-dong-ditch and hiding in their front yard.  

A lost load of railroad ties was blocking a westbound lane in Kalispell.  

A person working at a Lakeside house was reportedly bitten by a dog whose home was unknown.  

A drunk man allegedly crashed his e-bike on Sixth Street, which fell on top of him. He told someone who found him not to call 911, stood up and fell. They called the Columbia Falls Police Department anyway to check on his welfare.  

A woman reportedly threw a chair, stole a soda and undressed in a First Avenue East parking lot, then left in a two-door green sedan.  

An older gray Jeep Cherokee, reportedly swerving on U.S. 2, almost hit a pole on its way into a ditch.  

Roughly five customers reportedly got into an argument when a man was suspected of walking out of a store without paying for his groceries. Someone called the police when they thought it would get physical. A man talking in the background said customers were going to detain him and make a citizen's arrest. It turns out that the guy didn’t steal anything, which was confirmed by the manager, the officer and his receipt.   

A kid reportedly pulled a knife on someone’s son during a fight that started in a car and the concerned parent wanted an officer to go with him to the individual’s house.   

A woman had questions for officers after her apartment manager purportedly told her she would need written permission to install a Ring brand camera placed on her door and a notice would have to be published in the newspaper.