Law roundup: Employee threatens to bring down the ‘cactus hammer’

A store employee allegedly threatened to bring the “cactus hammer down on the whole place.” Although an online search showed “cactus hammer” referenced a melee weapon in a video game, a manager requested extra patrol because the individual had been suspended from work.

A group of three reportedly left a high school campus to get lunch at a restaurant and had the unfortunate experience of hearing a man sitting in an SUV say he liked doing drugs on Sundays, children and “really liked” them and their three friends. He appeared to be in his 50s.

Someone was allegedly awakened by a Good Samaritan who ran to their aid after sleeping through the noise of a man kicking in the door and stealing their girlfriend’s wallet. The resident called the police and didn’t know where either person left.

A woman reportedly called 911 five times over two days, racking up her year total to 48 times, not including the times she called back-to-back, which were usually merged into single reports. The 911-abuser yelled at dispatchers to not bother her, stay away from her and how she disliked their voices, yet on a call back, a woman’s voice was heard saying, “You just don’t get it. If you don’t want my phone calls, chill out.”

A woman was heard yelling at another driver, which was her sister, when dispatchers answered her call about a motor vehicle accident.

A man reportedly grabbed a woman he was talking to and they started yelling at each other before he drove off and she followed suit.

A woman wrapped in blankets reportedly refused to leave a property although she wasn’t able to pay for a room. Someone stepped in and said they would rent a room for her for the night.

A man was allegedly passed out in a running vehicle parked in a drive-thru and a snow plow driver asked officers to check on his welfare when he tried to wake him up but was unsuccessful. The man didn’t show signs of impairment and told officers he would get a hotel close by.

A man with a knife on his side reportedly threatened to kill a woman, burn a trailer down and then refused to leave. Parties were counseled by police and separated.

Someone allegedly saw a man with a knife sheathed on his leg allegedly walk up to their residence on their security camera.

A man may have been so intoxicated he didn’t seem to understand how to place an order at a Kalispell business. He also couldn’t walk straight and was talking to himself, so someone asked Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies to check on his welfare.

Clothes were allegedly strewn all over a Kalispell parking lot and a door to a vehicle left open.

A welfare check was requested for a man lying on a Somers walking path squirming and flailing his arms.

A feral cat took up residence in the basement of a house someone just moved into in Marion.

A dog in Columbia Falls reportedly kept jumping into a woman’s yard trying to get her chickens, however, at the time of her call the dog was in its own backyard.

A driver reportedly saw a vehicle passing dangerously and swerving all over Willow Glen Drive in Kalispell and saw someone in the vehicle holding a beer.