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Scanner Traffic — 2/17/09

  • 5"33 p.m. R/P reports teens getting in and out of a car by Subway/Rathdrum, where a man in a hoodie is at the wheel. R/P believes he's dealing drugs.
  • 5:15 p.m. A moose has been hit by a car. But didn't get location.
  • 4:55 p.m. 3 horses lose @ Highway 41 & Seasons.
  • 4:43 p.m. R/P reports a woman in a red SUV appears to be drunk as she picks up children @ Dalton Elementary
  • 4:04 p.m. A vehicle is fully engulfed in flames in the parking lot of the American Legion on Poleline/Post Falls
  • 3:48 p.m. A motorists reports a young boy standing in the road near Riverstone & Seltice Way.
  • 3:20 p.m. A Jack Buell/St. Maries chip truck lost a lot of debris on the interstate before turning north on Highway 41.
  • 3:18 p.m. A baby stroller is laying on the interstate near M/P 2 (Pleasantview interchange)
  • 2:54 p.m. A female resident in the CPD Blue lobby wants to discuss nails in her driveway on Dusty Loop.
  • 2:42 p.m. Injury T-bone accident involving a red pickup & a red Blazer blocking traffic @ Highway 95 & Dalton (in front of Tom Addis dealership). A 29YO pregnant woman with a head injury may be trapped in the Blazer.
  • 1:24 p.m. An ISP officer has been chasing a vehicle for 10 miles or so s/b on Highway 95 at speeds up to 90 mph toward the Fighting Creek landfill. Another trooper has put spikes in the road to stop the vehicle at the landfill. The vehicle is registered to a female with an expired license. But a male is driving it.
  • 1:20 p.m.  North Idaho College worker: "Good news. The gargoyles are gone."
  • 11:46 a.m. A sheriff's deputy is responding to a citizen's dispute over a possible stolen trailer, off Bunco Road, in which an involved man is described as "very dangerous." He may have hit the woman who claims he stole the trailer.
  • 10:03 a.m. Possible child abuse near the Athol post office.
  • 9:38 a.m. CPD Blue reports that the stop sign at Garden & Park is missing. He asks for a temporary sign to protect drivers and children in the heavily trafficked school area.


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    D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.