A RESIDENT in a homeless hostel barricaded himself into his room before smashing a fire alarm.
YOUTHS who were dealing in drugs from a house in Inverness were warned they know what they could expect when they are sentenced later this month.
A DRUG dealer found in possession of cocaine with a potential street value worth more than £13,000 in Inverness has been jailed for 14 months.
A DRUNK man who was warned by police over drinking in the street later caused a disturbance in a pub.
A WOMAN who claimed more than £10,000 in benefits to which she was not entitled has been placed on a community service sentence.
A PRISONER has been remanded for possession of cocaine with a potential value of more than £11,000.
A CLEANER in a city shop was punched on the head by a man under the influence of drink.
A MAN has been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for sending social media messages to a 12-year-old girl for his own sexual gratification.
A DRIVER was caught speeding at 115mph on a stretch of dual carriageway on the A9 at Arpafeelie on the Black Isle.
A YOUNG woman managed to fraudulently obtain £25,000 from a bank by pretending to be her mother, Inverness Sheriff Court has been told.
A £500 fine has been imposed on a dump truck driver who assaulted two police officers.
A GANG ripped off a host of small businesses in the Highlands to the tune of hundreds of pounds in a forged currency scam, a court has heard.
AN Inverness man who was described as "a small cog in a large machine" stored £61,200 worth of cocaine in his mum's home to help pay off a drugs debt.
A LONG-running dispute over money escalated when an Inverness man knifed his estranged father in the arm.
A HIGH-risk sex offender has had 14 months added to an 18 month jail sentence he is already serving for possessing very graphic child videos.
A JUNIOR footballer carried out a horrific murder bid on his ex-partner in Inverness after refusing to accept their break-up.
A TEEN who left a 70-year-old OAP shaken after snatching her bag has avoided being locked up for the crime.
A 21-year-old Inverness man who repeatedly spat on police after they had been called to an incident has been jailed for six months.
A DRUG addict embarked on a five day shoplifting spree to feed his addiction when his medication was stopped.
AN Inverness man who terrified two women by following them and then lifted the skirt of one will be sentenced next month.