Law Roundup: Officers on the prowl for missing feline

It wasn’t a cat burglar, but a cat that officers with the Kalispell Police Department got tasked with nabbing at the behest of its owner, who requested help after getting into a tiff with his landlord. The feline had gone missing in the interim and the tenant feared it had found a new home in his miffed landlord’s garage. He planned on leaving as soon as the cat returned home.

After speaking with him, authorities agreed to set a live trap for the pet. They asked that he call back if the cat was caught.

Restaurant employees called police after finding a sleeping beauty in their parking lot. They tried to encourage the individual to leave, but phoned authorities after getting no response. Responding officers got the individual up and moving.

A motorist reported a fellow traveler for acting “dangerous” and possibly being on drugs. They said the other driver ran a red light before pulling into the parking lot of a local pharmacy.

The victim of the theft of an inflatable Snoopy Christmas decoration suspected that they had found the culprits when it popped up at their neighbor’s home. She offered officers evidence by way of the decoration’s packaging, but could not find a receipt for the item.

Ripped from the pages of a Victorian novel, staff at a local nursing home asked officers to sweep the facility for any squatters, particularly the attic. Homeless people had been coming in for free meals and someone had broken into a room to take a shower, they said. While the attic proved devoid of anyone, including ex-wives, responding officers recommended the facility acquire cameras, install code locks on the main doors and put a padlock on the roof door.

Officers checked out a report of multiple gunshots, as many as 10, but found nothing at the scene.

Store employees contacted authorities after a group of patrons began screaming at each other. The group had moved along by the time officers arrived.

Security personnel at another business reported a man for possibly shoplifting. The man left after becoming argumentative with employees. Officers found no evidence of a crime, but asked the staff to contact them if he returned.

After her husband died, a woman decided to collect what she saw as his possessions from his place of work. Although she was armed with paperwork giving her the ability to manage his estate, responding police officers said the documents did not give her the right to start taking items from another person’s business. They advised her to start civil proceedings in court. When she disagreed and declared the situation rife with fraud and theft, the business owner asked that she be moved along. The woman left of her own volition.