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Thief Rips Off Wheelchair

A disabled 23YO man who works part-time for Goodwill Industries is without his candy-apple, motorized wheelchair after a thief stole it Tuesday, according to the Coeur d'Alene police department. Usually, Christopher Sollenberger takes the NICE bus to Goodwill Industries, where his mother has left his wheelchair, out of sight behind the building. He is able to walk enough to get to the wheelchair. At 6:30 p.m., his mother dropped off the wheelchair. But it was missing less than an hour later when he arrived for work. Christopher is dependent on the wheelchair for full mobility. It is valued at $5,000. There are no suspects.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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