Law roundup: Sprinkler makes a splash
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 2 weeks, 2 days AGO
The Kalispell Police Department received a request to check on the welfare of an apparently disoriented person circling a daycare building. Turns out they mistook a sprinkler in the yard for a person.
A woman reportedly couldn't find her car, telling police that her son parked it somewhere last week and it was towed, but she didn't know who to contact to find out who took it.
An employee allegedly received a call from an Alabama man who said he was in town selling playground equipment to daycares and arranged to meet him. However, after a quick online search, she decided to call the police instead. She reported finding a newspaper article stating he was being charged with insurance fraud. When she canceled the meeting, he reportedly became emotional but insisted that they meet. She called the police, concerned he was targeting daycares for fraudulent activity.
A woman reportedly sat on a bench smoking something out of a can. A passerby suspected she might be doing drugs.
An 18-year-old reportedly got upset and punched a car windshield. His father, upon seeing the damaged windshield, allegedly chased him down the road and into a field when one of them threatened to beat the excrement out of the other. The situation continued to escalate when the teen reportedly blasted his dad with bear spray before running off again.
The parent went home and called the police, allegedly wanting to pursue criminal mischief charges. He declined medical attention and did not want to pursue partner-family member assault charges. Officers informed him about obtaining a temporary restraining order and provided him with a victim rights form.
A woman allegedly almost hit a bicyclist wearing dark clothes, who was riding on the shoulder of the road at 10 p.m. with no lights on the bike.
A passerby was suspicious of two men wearing headlights who were allegedly on an apartment complex construction site after 11 p.m. The men were construction workers burning the midnight oil.
A security guard asked officers to pick up a bag left in the store that contained expensive items, including a rifle scope, gun replacement parts and a water bottle, but no ID. An officer advised him to keep the bag in a secure lost and found area and they would reach out if anybody reported the missing items.