Law roundup: Pokémon trading underbelly exposed

An employee allegedly joined the Pokémon Black Market, admitting to stealing seven Pokémon card booster packs, resulting in a monetary loss of $700 for game stores, and someone called the Kalispell Police Department, wanting to press charges. 

An ad hoc micromanager of park usage complained about people hanging out at one park for several hours. Deeming this unacceptable, they demanded police “run them off,” saying the place wasn’t a campground. However, they hung up before more information could be gathered. Officers didn’t find anything criminal in nature at the park. 

A 16-year-old's vehicle was almost hit by two racing lifted trucks, an orange Tacoma and a green GMC, that were swerving through lanes. The trucks turned on a roundabout going to Kalispell and were last seen going north on Meridian. 

A stranger reportedly called a man and started yelling slurs and threatening him. He wanted the incident logged as information out of concern he might be a “swatting” target. 

A man with a pistol and his dog were allegedly spotted sleeping under a blue blanket in a bank drive-thru by employees who asked officers to move him along. 

Someone complained that a park was not a campground and wanted people “run off” who reportedly had been hanging out and the northwest end for several hours. 

A blue Dodge Charger became an annoyingly familiar sight to a woman who called complaining that it had sat on the road by her brother’s house for six months, possibly a year. Officers placed a notice on the vehicle — again — to move it within 72 hours. Officers also left a voicemail for the registered owner of a Silverado with expired registration. 

A 12-year-old allegedly told a 4-year-old riding a bicycle that they were going to kidnap them, which didn’t sit well with mom.  

A property manager reportedly asked officers to check on a tenant, they were in the process of evicting, after seeing a suspicious man they didn’t recognize in the tenant’s apartment. The property manager told the man to leave or else they would call the police. After he left, they called the police anyway, saying the situation “just didn’t feel right.” 

Someone allegedly called the police, said a thrift store was open, but no staff were inside and hung up before more information could be gathered. The thrift store was open to crews doing remodeling work.