Woman has cat-astrophic situation

The Kalispell Police Department received a report from a Greendale Court woman at her wits’ end. She wanted to know what to do about a cat stuck in her wall that wouldn’t come out. She told a dispatcher that she didn’t know what she could or should do, and that the cat had “been in there for three days now.”

An overly trusting woman gave another woman $1,650 in cash in exchange for that woman going home and writing her a check for the same amount. The woman she gave the cash to never returned.

A procrastinating victim who didn’t report a vehicle being broken into in the previous month finally called police after someone started writing checks from the stolen checkbook.

A woman working alone at a West Center Street business was afraid after a man tapped on her window, ran off and hid behind the neighboring building.

A repentant motorist reported she had just hit a pedestrian, who was now mad. The pedestrian had shoulder, knee and elbow injuries, but refused medical treatment and got a ride from a friend.

A man was seen smashing up someone else’s vehicle on U.S. 2 West.

The boyfriend of the daughter of a Second Avenue West resident stole her parents’ minivan.

A wallet was stolen on Windward Way.

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a person with Adult Protective Services in Polson who found a 90-year-old woman wandering on the highway. The woman refused to speak with anyone associated with Lake County.

A Montana Highway Patrol trooper requested the assistance of a deputy after the drunk, unresponsive man he was dealing with suddenly became responsive and began giving the trooper a hard time.

A woman scared she might be in a horror movie reported a man standing in her driveway with his hood up and something in his hand that looked like a chain saw. A car pulled up nearby and may have picked up the man.

An explosion near Solberg Drive drew two calls from residents who thought it was the result of either a pipe bomb or a firework.

A Helena Flats Road resident reported people spotlighting and shooting deer near his house, and that when he got close to them, they turned their lights off. He then said he did not actually see a vehicle, but had heard one shot and multiple voices.

A man was arrested for violating his probation after an incident at the fishing access on the east side of the Old Steel Bridge, where it was reported that he was “jacked out of his mind” and threatening to assault people.

Deputies arrested a couple after it was initially reported by a passerby that the man was beating up his wife in a Lakeside Boulevard home in Whitefish.

Mailboxes were destroyed on Sullivan Crossroad in Columbia Falls.

A purse was stolen from a vehicle parked in an unlocked garage on South Cedar Drive.

The Whitefish Police Department received a report of a fight at a bar, after which two suspects — one bleeding — ran into another bar on Central Avenue.

An upset father reported a little girl knocked down his 6-year-old daughter at school, punched her in the face and forced wood chips into her mouth. He told police his wife talked to the principal and was told they would get back to her on Monday.

A pair of skis was stolen from a vehicle on Birch Point Drive.

The Columbia Falls Police Department received a report of a boy trying to buy alcohol on Ninth Street West. The boy first tried to buy the beer himself but could not prove his age. A woman then came in and asked to buy the beer, and the clerk refused. The clerk believed the two were headed to another gas station to try again.

Mailboxes were burglarized on 13th Street West.

A computer was stolen on Fourth Avenue West.