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PM Scanner Traffic — 12.16.09

  • 5:04 p.m. 10 to 20 vehicles are parked in front of the Kootenai County fire station on Golf Course Road, across from the Kroc Center, creating a safety hazard.
  • 4:42 p.m. A male driver appears to be disoriented after crashing into a snowbank in front of Appleby's/CdA.
  • 4:45 p.m. Woman reports hearing what sounded like a .38-calibre shot and then seeing a car with two men leave the residential area near Skyway Elementary.
  • 4:10 p.m. Resident reports arriving home to find doors to his garage and house open on Campfire Court.
  • 3:56 p.m. A huge tarp is lying in the fast lane of I-90 & Spokane/Post Falls.
  • 3:54 p.m. Dispatcher tells officer to tell reporting party that his "911 line is open."
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  • 3:33 p.m. 2 county appraisers report that water is running from a broken pipe at a home in the 9200 block of Howard/CdA.
  • 3:14 p.m. A Jiffy Stop worker reports that his car was keyed while he was at work.
  • 3 p.m. An officer is talking to a suicidal man in the 200 block of Harrison.
  • 2:53 p.m. An caller is concerned for a child who left Athol 15 minutes ago with a distraught woman en route to visit an ailing relative in Lewiston.
  • 2:37 p.m. A broken-down U-Haul is blocking Atlas Road, north of Hayden.
  • 1:52 p.m. Woman in 1000 block of 16th/CdA reports phone harassment.
  • 1:51 p.m. City employee wonders: "Did Streets notify Water about the knocked over hydrant?" He was told that the water department knows about the hydrant.
  • 12:06 p.m. A hysterical, 40ish female reports she is suffering chest pains in front of the Life Care Center on Mullan, near Walmart/Post Falls.
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    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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