Law roundup: There’s trouble in the HOA

The Kalispell Police Department responded to alleged ongoing neighborhood disputes about decks, flood lights and dogs. The drama unfolded when neighbors in two households started screaming at each other through their windows. After about 20 minutes of the noise, another neighbor called the police, asking an officer to check on one of the individuals and tell her to be quiet. Officers spoke with three neighbors.  

Officers first spoke with a man, who seemed inebriated but calm. He reportedly thought the neighbor was mad about his dogs barking, which were doing so during their chat. He was advised not to engage in back-and-forth yelling. The officer wasn’t certain the message was received due to the reported inebriation, however.  

Officers spoke with another man who said the two households had been arguing over lights for the past few weeks. Then, officers spoke with a woman who said she had been involved in arguments with neighbors to the north. Officers advised her that in the future, call the police if her neighbor starts yelling at her and to also inform the homeowner’s association about the situation.  

Two suspicious men and a woman walked into a casino reportedly slapping buttons, talking to themselves, being loud and “weird with their hands." A casino runner thought the two men and one woman might be on drugs. While he didn’t give very good descriptions of the trio, he did say they were all wearing jackets over sweatshirts and jeans, which were dirty.  

A deer stuck and thrashing around between a stone wall, an iron fence and a privacy fence was freed and released into the wild.  

A tan Chevy Impala reportedly sat in a business' parking lot for more than a week. An officer spoke with the registered owner, who said it was his daughter's car, but “she’s 16 and hasn’t made an appointment,” and he would take care of it. The employee who reported the car said they would wait a day before having it towed. Officers provided the registered owner’s phone number in case they felt like being nice and calling beforehand to warn him.