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Scanner Traffic — 3/18/09

  • 5:56 p.m. A drunken male is involved in a heated argument with others after he pointed a shotgun at a female in Harrison.
  • 5:11 p.m. 3 men are close to a fight with 5 other men @ Tamarack RV Park on Government Way.
  • 4:40 p.m. Juveniles are playing on the roof of Hayden Elementary.
  • 2:09 p.m. An NIC student needs help moving his parked car that's trapped between two other vehicles.
  • 1:48 p.m. A sheriff's deputy is checking on a Dumpster diver at one of the rural transfer sites, surmising that the guy is after a huge bin on top of the garbage.
  • 1:11 p.m. R/P reports that a man in a blue pickup has taken a boy of about 8 who didn't appear to want to go with him, from a local school.
  • 12:27 p.m. Several callers report that an older man in a silver Toyota Tacoma is s/b in the n/b lanes of Highway 95 @ Dalton Avenue.
  • 10:50 a.m. Resident of St. Joe Avenue (south of Spokane River) reports finding a handgun in her mailbox.
  • 10:47 a.m. Silver PT cruiser is traveling the wrong way on 4th Street, near Dave Smith Motors.
  • 10:37 a.m. A man on Windermere Avenue reports that his mother and his wife are threatening him.
  • 10:33 a.m. R/P in Rite Aid parking lot wants help with intoxicated female with mental health problems who is now in CDA Albertson's.
  • 10:30 a.m. 911 Center is fielding a call from Main & Washington/Rathdrum in which dispatchers can only hear screaming and static.
  • 9:31 a.m. 2 Rottweilers are keeping man from exiting vehicle.
  • 8:30 a.m. A man is not breathing at the VA medical center on Ironwood.
  • 8:04 a.m. ISP trooper calls for a sweep-up of broken glass @ I-90 & Spokane Street/PF.


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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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