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Flathead County sheriff

| January 16, 2009 1:00 AM

The humane society received a phone call from a man threatening to shoot cats he couldn't catch. He then proceeded to say he was spaying and neutering animals himself. When the man's name and address turned out to be fake, Flathead County Sheriff's deputies suspected the call might have been a prank.

Somebody pried open the door to a cabin on Strawberry Court.

A man with a felony warrant out of Missoula was spotted at an Evergreen bank, but he was gone when deputies arrived.

A Rhodes Draw resident called to report a strange Jeep parked in the driveway.

A Northview Loop woman who couldn't connect to the Internet wanted to know who she should call. Deputies couldn't help her.

A gun either was lost or stolen on U.S. 2 near Kila.

Deputies responded to Prairie View Road, where a woman was receiving phone calls from teenage kids saying inappropriate things about her family.

An intoxicated man called deputies because his wife left with the kids and he wanted to make sure she was OK.

Ski poles were reported stolen on Big Mountain.

A Collier Lane woman's intoxicated ex-boyfriend showed up outside her house and refused to leave. He was given a ride to a Kalispell restaurant.

Employees of a convenience store on U.S. 2 and Reserve Drive noticed surveillance footage of a woman stuffing items into her coat.

Someone stole radios and a CD player after breaking the window out of a construction grader on Ashley Lake Road.

An inmate at the Flathead County Detention Center allegedly pushed a guard, earning himself a citation for misdemeanor assault.

A rifle and scope were stolen somewhere in the Somers or Lakeside area.

Deputies received 133 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Kalispell police

Kalispell police arrested a 36-year-old man on a felony Missoula County warrant after a short pursuit on East Idaho Street into Evergreen.

Officers were called to Fifth Avenue East North after someone complained that an acquaintance was refusing to return video games.

A man allegedly going up to young boys at a retail center and giving them money to ask for a hotel room was told to leave and not come back.

An officer counseled an unruly teen on Seventh Street East, but was afraid the talk didn't do much good.

A man spanked a 7-year-old child without permission, exposing the kid's rear end to another child, according to a Farview Drive resident.

Officers responded to a fight at a First Avenue West bar and ended up arresting a man for DUI.

A man broke a door during an altercation with his girlfriend on Stratford Drive, according to the woman's mother.

Officers received 61 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Whitefish police

Whitefish police arrested a 23-year-old man on a warrant for contempt of court and probation violation after responding to a disturbance at a motel on U.S. 93.

Officers received 42 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Columbia Falls police

Columbia Falls police arrested a 25-year-old man on a warrant for contempt of court following a traffic stop on U.S. 2.

A man let his girlfriend use his computer. Now her Second Avenue East family won't let him have it back, he alleges.

Officers arrested a 17-year-old boy for possession of drug paraphernalia at a Columbia Falls school.

A 25-year-old man was arrested on a city warrant for contempt of court after officers observed him walk into a Nucleus Avenue bar.

Officers received 30 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Alarms

The Evergreen Fire Department and Kalispell Fire Department were paged to Interstate Lane after an 80-year-old man fell. He was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

The Whitefish Fire Department responded to reports of a chimney fire on U.S. 93 but did not find any flame or smoke showing.

The Kalispell Fire Department responded to a crash on Reserve Loop. Four people suffered minor injuries and none went to the hospital.