Law roundup: Worker believes stranger things are going on

Perturbed by "strange activities" going on in the parking lot, the employee of a business asked the Kalispell Police Department to investigate. The odd goings-on, though, appeared to be mostly people sleeping in the lot or in their vehicles while parked there. The employee asked officers to mount extra patrols and move along anyone caught dozing. 

Suspicious that someone was living out of a truck and camper parked on West Montana Street, a neighbor asked the authorities to check into them. Officers tracked down the registered owner and noted that the truck and camper were legally parked at the time. The owner said he was planning to depart shortly.  

Officers let a group of people know they were banned from the premises of a store after they admitted stealing a box of wine and drinking it.  

A thief raided someone's unlocked vehicle.  

Officers unsuccessfully tried to track down a large and shaggy brown dog running loose near the dog park. A second dog, this one dark golden colored, was also apparently seen running free in the area.  

Officers picked up a gun someone had left in the bathroom.  

Annoyed at seeing someone park a black Toyota truck in a handicapped spot, the tenant of an apartment complex alerted the authorities. Officers swung by, but the vehicle had vanished in the intervening period. They told the tenant to alert the property manager to the problem.  

An employee leaving work for the day left the office to find that their bicycle was missing.  

A group of boys was making such a racket that a sleep-deprived neighbor phoned the police. She told officers they had already ignored her request that they leave the area. The boys scattered when the police drove up to the building, though.  

Officers located a stolen bicycle and cited the person found with it. 

Seeing a vehicle parked in such a manner that it blocked a neighbor's driveway for about an hour, a suspicious resident asked the police to check it out. It turned out the vehicle belonged to the neighbor's friend. And the neighbor was sitting in the passenger seat.