Law roundup: Rude awakening for napping man

Naptime was over, permanently, for a man in his 70s who was reportedly banned from a location where an employee said he had been sleeping for the last two hours after stopping there for a snooze the previous day. He left to get some shut eye elsewhere.  

The driver of an older grayish-silver SUV with tinted windows and California plates allegedly circled a store parking lot off U.S. 93 North, “brake-checking people” and littering. A woman called the Kalispell Police Department, voicing suspicions that the driver was drunk and said she was sitting in her car because she felt it was unsafe to get out with them driving around. The driver reportedly took a brief break, getting out of the vehicle, but was spotted once again driving in circles before heading onto the highway to scare other drivers.  

A resident who lived between an elementary and high school complained about “kids already leaving garbage everywhere.” She wanted an officer to contact her to see what could be done after she picked up the day’s trash.  

Someone allegedly broke into a business through the windows. The owner found items scattered around the floor and outside the building.  

A man reportedly asked for police assistance in finding his car. The vehicle was located.  

A Ford Expedition that was incorrectly parked in front of a building and left there overnight was reported to the police. It turned out to be stolen. The owner took possession of the vehicle.  

A woman felt unsafe when people parked two campers on the side of the road and a third one was circling the area trying to find a space, thinking drugs were involved, but possibly watched too many episodes of “Breaking Bad.” Offices counseled at least one person.  

A woman with a child reportedly locked in a car called the police to see if they could respond sooner than her husband, who was en route with an “unlock kit.” She was advised that police did not carry lockout kits, but would break a window. She waited for her husband. Dispatch told her to call back if she changed her mind or if the child was in distress. The vehicle was unlocked.  

Black smoke was spotted coming from the second floor of a construction site facility and a fire extinguisher was used to put it out, according to a caller.