Survivor cat can't ID its shooter

A Wood Ridge Drive resident told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that his cat came home one day with a bullet in its head. The cat survived after surgery but unfortunately couldn’t name a suspect.

One caller wanted to talk to deputies about a man he supposedly assaulted at a bar last week.

A possible squatter was reported at a Montana 82 residence.

Some campers reportedly set up shop on private land near Conrad Drive. The property owner reported tents and “junk all around.”

A Kimberly Lane business manager let an employee borrow a computer, and that employee left the state with it.

Two vehicles were “ransacked,” according to a Kathy Lake Lane resident. The damage was $35 in cash and a purse, but no credit cards.

There was a burglary reported at a Berne Road home. Computer equipment was said to be missing.

One caller told the sheriff’s office that a man tried to sell him a foot-long knife. When he refused to buy it, the man stashed it behind a garbage can and went into a U.S. 2 casino to gamble.

A woman was arrested for a DUI on U.S. 2 near Columbia Falls after she was seen swerving in front of an ambulance.

One man called to voice his concern that he’d not seen a deputy patrolling his area near Beach Road. Then he informed them that he was going to bed.

A hit-and-miss thief broke into a vehicle on Dakota Avenue, according to a report to the Whitefish Police Department, but didn’t have much luck. A CD case was opened and some change was taken. However, an iPod was taken from an unlocked car on the same street — Dakota Avenue.

Over on East Seventh Street, the owner locked his or her car. The problem was that the keys were left inside.

A report from Lupfer Avenue started with a man beating on his vehicle in the alley. It ended with a “taser deployment” by an officer.

A resident at A Street West North told the Columbia Falls Police Department that a suspicious truck kept driving by the place. She thought it was her son and was “afraid that he will blow her up in the middle of the night.”

—Compiled by Inter Lake Reporter Matt Hudson