Law roundup: Motorcycle gang revs up Lakeside property owner
It wasn't the Hells Angels, Bandidos or Pagan's, but the "Lakeside Motorcycle Gang" out on a Lakeside property owner's land overnight. The property owner alerted the Flathead County Sheriff's Office and offered to provide camera footage of the motorcycle club's shenanigans.
An unruly tenant who allegedly "got physical" with a woman earned a referral to the Sheriff's Office from the property manager. The manager, who also lived on site, told dispatchers that the confrontation occurred in the main living area and the offending man had refused to leave.
Learning about a suspicious person on the third floor of the building, the front office of an organization asked the authorities to check it out.
Hearing bone-chilling screams wafting out from a two-story house on Dolphin Drive, a passerby opted to loop in the authorities. They said it sounded like a young child calling for help.
Someone reported the theft of a tool bag from an unlocked vehicle overnight, but later realized they had just misplaced the tools.
A plow driver apparently damaged a resident's garbage bin while clearing the roads. The resident told dispatchers that the waste management company suggested making a report with the local authorities.
A tipster alerted investigators to a possible animal hoarding situation in Kalispell. They said that the home contains between 20 and 30 dogs with 15 to 20 more kept in the garage.