Law roundup: Oh deer, pay situation gets messy

A landlord reportedly refused to pay a woman hired to clean an apartment because she threw out deer meat. She contended that she was instructed to throw everything out and told the Kalispell Police Department she wanted to charge the landlord with theft. An officer told her the issue was a civil matter, to which she asked if she could go to the property and “knock endlessly” until they paid her. She was advised against that. 

Someone reportedly smelled the pungent odor of urine and chemicals emanating from residential units and called the police with concerns that there was a methamphetamine lab set up inside. 

A silver Honda Civic containing four drunk people allegedly drove around and then parked by an apartment complex, where a man with a black mustache and “small beard” started pushing a woman and her friend, who yelled at him. Then, one of the apartment dwellers came out and confronted the group about parking on the grass by the dumpster. Everyone was separated. 

A man with a silver van was allegedly “talking crazy,” following and recording a woman in a parking lot. She called her husband to pick her up and then the police to make them aware of the man who she deemed “unsafe.” 

A woman needing a ride home to eat and feed her cat reportedly called the police from the emergency room, saying she was assaulted by campus security and fell on her hip and knee and was afraid she was going to get hit in the back of her head. Officers weren’t able to find her in the surrounding area and attempted to call her multiple times, but the line was busy. 

A mother called the police alleging that someone loosened the lug nuts on her son’s vehicle and thought it could be the doings of a man he sold a pickup to about a year ago. The buyer had been harassing her and her son online and via text messages ever since. She said that after the sale, the truck started having issues and the buyer was not happy about it. She also said there might be girlfriend issues. 

People sitting on benches on Woodland Avenue were allegedly “acting sketchy,” according to a caller who said there were bags and tents in the trees. Officers were unable to locate the suspicious group. 

A neighbor reportedly heard screaming toddlers, who didn’t want to go to bed, and their yelling father, accompanied by slamming sounds.