The Flathead County Sheriff's Office
The Flathead County Sheriff's Office took calls Tuesday from people who clearly are not wildlife biologists. The first came from Evergreen, where someone reported seeing a possible mountain lion. It turned out to be a small, domestic cat. Information from callers conflicted about whether the animal in the road on Montana 40 was a horse or a moose.
A business owner believes that a woman took receipts and money from the business and wiped out its computer.
Girls reportedly are sending harassing text messages to another girl on Conrad Drive. A man reportedly makes harassing phone calls to a woman on Patrick Creek Road.
A vehicle stolen in Wyoming was reported in Hungry Horse. Items were stolen from the back of a truck, and a chain saw is missing from a storage unit.
At Eagle Bend Yacht Harbor a lively game of poker was under way Tuesday evening, but the players hadn't booked the room for the night and balked at leaving. A deputy told the jokers to leave and not come back.
A man reportedly struck a friend who was giving him a ride to Big Mountain. About an hour later, the same man turned his anger on furniture inside a rental home.
On Fir Lane, a man reported that his wife was hitting him with a lamp and biting him hard at about 2 a.m.; she was arrested. On Corbett Lane in Coram, a man reportedly hit a woman and caused a ruckus. He also was arrested.
A resident who is out of state reported problems with people entering her house while she is gone. A woman who is out of town called in her suspicion that her son was having a party with underage drinkers at a home in Hungry Horse. One boy fled out a back door, but officers know who he is.