A man from Tain spotted police - who were looking for someone else - and ran away. He was caught with nearly £20,000 worth of cannabis.
A woman spat at police officers on Boxing Day after they arrived about a separate incident and then damaged a mattress in a police cell.
He was given a prison sentence and hit with a non-harassment order to protect his former partner.
His defence agent said: ‘He has messed up his life but is the author of his own misfortune.’
Police were assaulted and threatened by a 36-year-old Conon man whose welfare they were checking.
Elderly women were targeted by a 30-year-old Ross-shire man who conned them out of money, by pretending to offer to carry out house maintenance.
Staff at a politician's office were terrified when an angry voter threatened to use AK47s, claiming he had connections in Ireland.
It is also claimed that he grabbed her neck.
He had been jailed twice before for possessing vast amounts of indecent images and videos of children being abused.
A round-up of a very busy week in the courts.
He performed an unsafe overtake while approaching the Auldearn junction.
“The report indicates that he is more of an idiot than a sex pest,” Sheriff Gary Aitken said.
An ex-prisoner who was filmed attacking a chippy worker after being refused cheese sauce on his fries demanded to be sentenced immediately.
A woman who went on a seven week long shoplifting spree in one shop has been banned from entering the store.
A 55-year-old Easter Ross man who subjected his now ex-wife to violence, torment and abuse over several years has escaped a jail sentence.
A teenager who downloaded and shared "horrific images" of children being sexually abused told police he was "addicted to pornography" and wanted help.
‘Bullying behaviour which we all too often see from lorry drivers who think because they have a bigger vehicle they can do what they like’.
Police stopped a 34-year-old Dingwall woman for a suspected insurance offence as she rode her scooter through the town.
A 57-year-old unemployed university lecturer denied she had a drinking problem despite being caught drink-driving.
A man sat frozen in fear as a woman held a knife to his throat and her companion forced their victim to transfer £100 to his bank account.