Law roundup: Business not about van life or cat life

A hotel asked the Kalispell Police Department to remove two people on the “do not return list” who, along with seven cats, were reportedly sitting in a broken-down van with toy skeletons on the top in the parking lot.

Two security guards allegedly followed an aggravated man who brandished a knife and refused to leave the property. 

A German shepherd mix without a collar was sitting in the road by a post office building and reportedly moved for cars but would return to the spot as if it was waiting for someone. A responding officer located the skittish dog behind a post office, but it wouldn’t let them get within 30 yards of it. 

Officers received a later call about the same dog. The person called back when the dog owners found it.

A resident complained about two men allegedly hanging around an electrical box littering and acting high. They said one of the men was very animated, swinging his hands and picking up rocks to look at them but wasn’t disorderly or violent. 

Officers stopped a pedestrian and counseled him on his behavior.

An argumentative and intoxicated woman reportedly called 911 claiming her ex stole her truck. An officer told her to come to the station to complete the required paperwork, but she declined. She later called officers and hung up after being told the same thing. An officer also advised her about the consequences of false reporting.

Someone reportedly broke two locks to break into a business.

A man in his 20s was purportedly screaming in a parking lot and “grabbing at his pants weirdly” when he ran across the street and got in an employee’s face at the location, demanding a cigarette. The employee went into the office, locked the doors and called the police. Officers made contact with the man by his vehicle which he had been living in in the area for several weeks and said he did go over to bum a cigarette and staff yelled at him to leave.

A man sitting on a dirt pile outside an apartment building allegedly shouted he would kill a woman who was going inside her apartment.

A man reportedly screamed he was locked inside his apartment, banged on a wall and the door, saying he would shoot it down, in addition to playing loud music.

Officers received a later call about a man throwing things outside his apartment and attempting to leave through a window because the front door was broken. He told the responding officer that he called a locksmith to fix it. The officer advised him to keep the noise down and clean up items scattered on the sidewalk and he agreed. 

Someone was ticketed and released for shoplifting.

A man allegedly sat by the backdoor of a building and was using an electrical outlet.