Law roundup: Time is money for watch aficionado

A man claimed he had an ongoing issue of watches, delivered through a monthly subscription service, being stolen from his mail. He said the timepieces stopped arriving after changing his address, and alleged his ex had been keeping them for six months, amounting to nearly $5,000 worth of watches.

An older man wearing a blue coat reportedly kept jumping out in front of vehicles and an employee at a nearby business was afraid he would get hit. The man denied leaping into traffic and said he didn’t need help from the Kalispell Police Department.

A man left belongings with a friend of a friend and that friend’s mother would not let him pick up his belongings.

Someone thought a cellphone store was being robbed because the lights were on, but the doors were locked and there was no sign about it being closed. The building was secure.

A woman thought a man in a wheelchair was being beaten by another man when she heard them screaming at each other. Turns out, there wasn’t a disturbance and that one of the men had a tendency to talk loudly.

A woman’s boyfriend reportedly was punching her and standing over top of her so she couldn’t get up; however, he wanted her to leave. She requested medical assistance. Both parties had been drinking.

A woman claimed her friend almost got hit by a person who was following and harassing them. Parties were counseled.

A safety cone was removed from the middle of a lane where it didn’t belong.

The driver of a black truck allegedly parked in a spot designated for building tenants, and refused to leave when asked. The property manager wanted him notified he was banned from being on not one, but two properties.

Maybe a longhaired German shepherd-type dog was looking to join the K-9 team when it barked and ran toward a Columbia Falls Police Department officer exiting their vehicle on Fourth Avenue. The dog wasn’t wearing a collar and it was unknown where it lived.

A woman calling from Riparian Drive complained she didn’t like a vehicle’s “behavior” and didn’t like it driving by her house, so she followed it as it drove up and down subdivisions. She provided a license plate number but refused to give dispatchers her name or phone number. She was advised to stop following the vehicle.

A woman was found passed out in the driver’s seat of a vehicle on Meadow Lake Boulevard. After she was medically cleared she refused further assistance and said she was very tired and would go to a grocery store parking lot to sleep.