Police Calls: Backwards driver grabs attention on Waverly

Wednesday, Oct. 2

1:28 p.m. A panhandler on Baker Avenue was asking via a sign to be flipped off.

2:49 p.m. Two young men were driving backwards down Waverly Place.

3:28 p.m. A suspicious man lunged at a woman on the bike path.

3:56 p.m. A man was bathing himself on Baker Avenue.

Thursday, Oct. 3

11:37 p.m. A drunk man locked himself out of his building.

Saturday, Oct. 5

7:51 a.m. Bears had rummaged through trash cans on Fourth Street.

9:27 a.m. The caller thought they saw a gun in the lake.

9:44 a.m. A mountain lion was spotted on Lion Mountain Road.

1:27 p.m. A woman noticed she looked like the woman in some WPD suspect photos and wanted to clear her name.

Sunday, Oct. 6

9:03 a.m. A bear was spotted with a deer carcass on Marina Crest Lane.

9:27 a.m. “Odds and ends” were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Dakota Avenue.

Monday, Oct. 7

4:35 p.m. A dog named “Karma” ran away from its owner.

6:16 p.m. A bear wandered into some trees on Dakota Avenue.

11:30 p.m. A bear was spotted outside a Ninth Street house.

Wednesday, Oct. 9

2:01 p.m. A chainsaw fell from the back of a truck and was probably in either Columbia Falls or Whitefish, the caller guessed.