Law roundup: Roommates smacks hand over dish drama

Kalispell Police received a complaint from a man who got allegedly into an argument with his roommate over the dishes and the roommate smacked his hand, knocking food out of his hand that he was trying to put in the microwave. The roommate then punched the microwave. Officers determined that no crime had been committed.

A resident called police, upset about a parked semi-truck allegedly left idling for long periods of time around 6:30 and 7 a.m. Officers looked up the applicable city code. When they arrived at the location, the semi was not running, nor were they able to locate the driver.

Officers told five teens they were not allowed to be on mall property.

Someone reportedly found video footage of a man suspiciously standing on their porch, possibly around the same time that the gate to their yard was left open and was unsure what to do with the information. 

Animal control was advised that Mabel, a friendly mini-Aussie corgi mix, was lost. Mabel is mostly black with white on her face and chest.

A passerby asked officers to check on a man slumped over his steering wheel because he reportedly wasn’t responding to dogs “crawling” over him and it didn’t look like he was sleeping. He was awake, resting his head on the steering wheel, when an officer arrived at the scene. He did not appear to be under the influence of any substances, presented his driver’s license and answered the officer’s questions 

A man wanted the police to investigate alleged fraud when login information for a business account with the Department of Labor was changed without his knowledge or permission. He also contacted the department, which fixed the account information. No fraudulent charges were reported.

Two shoplifters were banned from a ranch supply store’s locations for one year.

A woman was directed to speak to the sheriff’s office about a trailer she claimed was stolen and in Kila and had court paperwork for its repossession.

A man, reportedly told by officers he was not welcome back to a store per the manager for reckless driving in the parking lot, wanted a second chance and called the store with the request. 

Someone allegedly tied a neon ribbon to a downed cable line that was still attached to a pole and a building. The building the cable was connected to was closed and no one answered an officer’s call.