Law roundup: Heated online squabble hits too close to home
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Two men were allegedly quarreling online in a Facebook group and exchanging mean sentiments back and forth when one of them asked if the other lived on a particular street and said something to the effect of, “Feeling the heat now?” which prompted him to call the Kalispell Police Department. An officer discussed how his actions “helped spur the behaviors.”
An officer helped a woman find her car in a parking lot.
Someone reportedly had photos and video of a white SUV tailgating a side dump and crossing the double yellow lines.
A restaurant customer in his 50s allegedly had a few beers and conked out. When an employee talked to him, he would wake up but then quickly pass out again. The manager, who wanted him to pay his bill and leave, called the police for assistance. Officers asked an ambulance to respond. The man paid his bill.
An apartment dweller allegedly spat on his neighbor’s door and flipped them off before going back into his apartment to throw a hissy fit by blasting music. The neighbor requested information on obtaining a temporary restraining order as it was an ongoing problem. However, the officer explained it may be difficult to grant because of their proximity to each other.
A man on Central Avenue called the Whitefish Police Department for assistance in getting served a drink at a business where the owner, who reportedly told him he could come in and have a drink, instead kicked him out when he arrived, which he said was not right. He continued to argue when the dispatcher tried to explain that a business has the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason.
A man driving a gray beat-up car erratically on Montana 40 and U.S. 2 West was screaming and yelling at other drivers and had a large firearm, possibly a shotgun, propped up on the passenger seat.
A man looking through binoculars on East Lakeshore Drive reportedly spotted an inflatable swan that had been drifting down the lake for hours and wanted officers to check on his welfare, as he could only see his head, which was covered by a hat, uncertain if he was OK or if his head was above the water. The man was OK and boarded a pontoon that took him to shore.