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Scanner Traffic — 1/13/09

  • 5:37 p.m. R/P on Ante Road/Stateline reports his neighbor is blocking his driveway, threatening to beat him up.
  • 5:35 p.m. Post Falls officer is following a German shorthair that is limping after it was hit by a car @ Spokane & 19th. He wants to see where the dog is headed.
  • 5:17 p.m. A male spit on a female at a Hedberg Drive/CDA residence
  • 5:12 p.m. R/P reports that he followed a possible DUI to his residence in Rathdrum and was then warned by the other driver to come no nearer.
  • 4:21 p.m. R/P reports a dog has attacked and injured a goat on Sheep Springs Road.
  • 3:44 p.m. A teen-ager ran away from his stepfather and mother as they were taking him to the Juvenile Detention Center on Dalton Avenue. He was last seen running across the McKenzie River Pizza parking lot.
  • 3:33 p.m. 2 males are throwing chunks of snow at passing cars. (I didn't get the location.)
  • 3:25 p.m. A younger man is complaining of a head injury after a two-vehicle, "glancing head-on" accident involving a Jeep Cherokee & Mazda Protegee that's now blocking Atlas Road, near Pine Ridge.
  • 3:23 p.m. Cars parked in bike path are forcing children leaving Ramsey Elementary to walk on Hayden Avenue.2:52 p.m.
  • Possible residential burglary in progress in 1400 block of Frederick St./Post Falls. Update: Possible suspect tells police he was retrieving a charger from a vehicle.
  • 2:48 p.m. An officer is confronting individuals who are shooting on posted BLM property @ Diagonal & Sturgeon. Shooting is not allowed on the property.
  • 2:37 p.m. A vehicle has hit a female @ Lake City High School, Ramsey & Hanley. The female is complaining of leg pain an is bleeding from the face. She's still on the ground.2:30 p.m. R/P reports smoke coming from Coeur d'Alene Refrigeration, 5450 W. Seltice.
  • 1:27 p.m. A CDA man reports he's being harassed by the owner of a pickup he accidentally scratched.
  • 1:18 p.m. Insurance company reports that an employee was talking to a woman about a claim when she started to give erratic, confusing answers that trailed off, before the line went dead. The woman didn't answer when the agent tried to call back.
  • 12:57 p.m. R/P reports that individuals in a Jeep Cherokee and an SUV are smoking what appears to be an illegal substance @ Atlas Road and Nez Perce. 
  • 9:52 a.m. A motorist in a Chevy Blazer was so drunk at Wal*Mart that he fell out of the car onto the parking lot, spilling beer all over. He then drove off.
  • 8:50 a.m. A man just left the Dirne Clinic after threatening to kill himself.
  • 8:25 a.m. F&G workers report they're following a gray Audi that was traveling at a high rate of speed over the Veterans Memorial Bridge, east of CDA. Update: The driver was nabbed by a patrol officer who clocked him at 80 mph at M/P 11.
  • 8:10 a.m. A neighbor reported a possible structure fire in the 1300 block of Coral Drive, but it turned out to be a dryer vent emitting steam.


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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