Law roundup: Juveniles committing crimes or helping neighbors?

Spotting a group of teens trundling along with a shopping cart half full of unbagged items, a passerby immediately suspected thievery was afoot. They told the Kalispell Police Department that the group of possible criminals had made off with quite a haul of canned goods and were headed south on Fourth Avenue West. So concerned was the passerby that they circled the neighborhood to keep up with the accused bandits and reported seeing them head into a school. With that revelation, dispatchers began to question the caller's theories. Officers later determined the youths were involved in a food drive.  

The police ticketed a motorist, possibly a student, for parking in front of a fire hydrant.  

A property manager asked that officers ban a man from the premises for repeatedly sleeping in the common area.  

When an elderly couple failed to make rent this month, a property manager sent an employee over to give them notice. The employee failed to rouse anyone at the home, but noted the lights were left on and there were bullet holes in the door. Officials told the property manager that given the lack of a crime and because of recent history with the address and the man who lived there, the department would not dispatch officers to the location out of concern for their safety. The property manager opted to get working on the eviction process.  

Officers unsuccessfully tried to track down an elderly man after a passerby requested a welfare check. The passerby reported that the man had abandoned his walker and was wandering the neighborhood with something wrapped around his ankle.  

Officers chastised a motorist for their attempt at turning into a parking lot.  

Citations were issued following a two-vehicle wreck near Treeline Road.  

Security personnel hoped to liaise with officers to determine the identity of an individual they wanted to ban from the premises.  

The authorities moved along a man causing a scene in the lobby of a bank.