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Scanner Traffic — 3/31/09

  • 4:55 p.m. R/P received porn on her phone and would like to report it.
  • 4:50 p.m. 2 juveniles on motorcycles are tearing up driveways @ Ramsey & Garwood.
  • 4:21 p.m. Caller wants to talk to an officer re: some alpacas across the street.
  • 3:33 p.m. A vehicle has rolled over an embankment and come to rest near water. But I can't determine where the accident occurred.
  • 2:29 p.m. Suicide threat in Athol.
  • 2:19 p.m. 2 men driving pickups have finished fighting @ 12th & Lunceford.
  • 1:52 p.m. A homeless person is living in a field near a Viking Construction site.
  • 12:56 p.m. Dispatcher reports icy conditions under slush on Fourth of July Pass.
  • 12:21 p.m. A suicidal woman is demanding drugs or she'll blow her brains out.
  • Morning roundup below
  • 11:57 a.m. R/P wants to see an officer re: the theft of reptiles.
  • 11:27 a.m. A vehicle has rolled into a creek @ Dodd & Rimrock roads/Hayden Lake. All occupants are out of the vehicle.
  • 10:42 a.m. Construction spray has set off fire alarm @ Lakes Middle School.
  • 10:18 a.m. Woman 24 weeks pregnant asks to be checked medically after being involved in a two-car crash @ 3rd & Miller/CdA.
  • 9:33 a.m. ISP trooper reports that two cattle trucks with Alberta, Canada, plates are traveling 70 mph through Athol on Highway 95.
  • 9:32 a.m. R/P reports that a black pickup is pulling a green Escort with only a tow rope on I-90 at speeds up to 78 mph.


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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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