5:05 p.m. R/P wants to know his rights after a neighbor piles up snow, blocking access to his property.
4:36 p.m. East/West lights @ 95 & Honeysuckle not cycling. Traffic backed up to Government Way in one direction.
3:55 p.m. 2 males spinning donuts in a field near a local elementary.
3:12 p.m. Petco reports that a female shoplifter has left the store and gone into Borders book store nearby.
3:04 p.m. R/P reports seeing a female trying to get away from a male in a black pickup @ Riverview & Highland. The driver left after the female climbed a hill along Highland.
2:52 p.m. CPD Blue has spotted a silver Dodge Durango with extensive front-end damage on I-90 @ Northwest Boulevard. The vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run near 4th & Harrison. An officer reports that there’s “fertive movement inside” the vehicle, focusing on the console area. Update: City has a female subject detained. The driver also hit an police vehicle before stopping.
2:51 p.m. R/P reports a possibly DUI male in a yellow van threatened him @ Riverstone.
2:42 p.m. Water line broken @ 4452 E. Upper Hayden Lake Road.
2:39 p.m. Traffic is at a standstill in the w/b lanes of Interstate 90 as the result of a two-car crash between a Dodge Nissan and a commercial van sometime earlier.
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Arpie on February 18 at 7:45 p.m.
I’m impressed that a cop used the word “fertive,” even if he (or DFO) spelled it wrong.