Law roundup: Protester reports motorists for rolling coal

Sucking on trucks' fumes didn't sit well with a protester, who marched into the Kalispell Police Department armed with license plate information. The protester said the two vehicles rolled coal as they drove by the demonstration. Officers agreed to mount extra patrols during future protests.  

A distraught tenant went to the authorities after a neighbor provided them with security footage of a strange man trying to get into her apartment at about 4:30 a.m. The video showed a man with a bag and what looked like a tool in his hand. Officers told her they would run extra patrols through the area.  

Trying to track down her 2018 Audi that was apparently towed from the parking lot of a big box retailer a year ago, a motorist asked the police for help. While the store had no record of it being towed, officers used the vehicle inspection number to get her the case information and suggested the name of a tow company to call.  

Aggressive dogs bit a woman in the calf and then chased her through a neighborhood. 

Someone retrieved an abandoned bicycle from the middle of Meridian Road and left it in front of a business.  

Hearing reports of people camping and partying around a senior living facility while out of town, an individual alerted the police to the situation.  

Hearing from a house guest that nearby construction work was occurring later than 10 p.m., a property owner went to the police with a few questions.  

Disturbed by a man who came in screaming and yelling about how he was threatened by a man with a gun, a resident decided to alert the authorities. He had already left, though not before asking to borrow a car, and was headed east on Idaho Street on foot.  

Someone turned in footage of an individual trying to open their door.  

Getting fleeced by a scammer over the phone cost a resident $500.  

Concerned that the owner of a motor vehicle was planning on leaving it on the street for the duration, a neighbor phoned the police. The car, which lacked license plates, had been fitted with a blue cover.  

Officers tried to intervene when a grandmother and her grandson began arguing over who got to keep a television. 

Spotting a man walking around with a large knife, a passerby phoned the police, but he wasn’t quite sure of where he was and couldn’t name any of the nearby streets.  

A sports bar suffered an estimated $5,800 in vandalism.