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Saturday, October 17, 2026

Law roundup: Employee threatens to bring down the 'cactus hammer' - Daily Inter Lake

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.

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