5:55 p.m. Car hit pedestrian @ 5th & Indiana. Pedestrian is unable to get up, complaining of back pain.
4:41 p.m. A coupla high school boys are hanging out of the sunroof of a silver Saturn as it turns from Highway 41 onto I-90, headed toward CDA.
3:29 p.m. 44YO woman on Dunmoore Street/CDA with a history of cutting herself and hearing voices is threatening suicide in a phone call to her health provider.
3:27 p.m. A 14YO girl is in the principal’s office @ Friends Church/Hayden after a physical altercation with her mother.
3:02 p.m. Motorists are causing a traffic hazard by illegal turning in the cross-over path of the median @ M/P 9 to avoid the traffic accidents @ the 4th Street exit.
2:29 p.m. 2 drunk men are said to be en route to Schucks, looking for a starter.
2:23 p.m. 2 crashes on I-90 near 4th Street exit: A motorcylist clipped a semi truck with Oregon plates and crashed his 2008 Harley Davidson @ 80 mph e/b @ M/P 11. He’s said to be up and walking in the median. Also, a woman has suffered a head injury in a crash about a quarter mile away, e/b.
12:43 p.m. Panhandler told to leave CDA.
12:03 p.m. A two-car crash b/tn 2nd & 3rd on Front (in front of CDA resort parking garage) didn’t injure anyone but extrication equipment may be needed.
10:04 a.m. R/P on North Atlas Road reports fielding harassing phone calls.
8:33 a.m. Dead animal @ 1313 Corbin Road/Post Falls.
8:16 a.m. R/P reports a strong smell of chemicals coming from a van @ Highway 95 & Hayden and believes individuals inside are cooking meth.
8:04 a.m. Jiffy Stop/Hayden worker reports that individuals in a burgandy GMC parked in the store lot are using meth b/c they smell of chemicals.
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hollykb on March 04 at 10:44 a.m.
If you’re going to cook meth in your van, a gas station at the intersection of a major highway is probably not the best place to do it.
Cabbage Boy on March 04 at 2:48 p.m.
I’d say if they are drunk, the already had their starter.