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PM Scanner Traffic — 11.18.09

A drunken driver slammed into a school bus filled with children Wednesday, but no one was injured, according to the Idaho State Patrol. Julie Witlicki, 38, was arrested after her 1995 Volkswagen Jetta crossed the center line on Highway 95 near Worley and hit a school bus driven by Vernie Johnson, 65, of Tensed. No one was injured in the crashed, which occurred at mile post 403 at 7:33 a.m., the State Patrol said. Witlicki and her two passengers were searing seat belts/Meghann M. Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels. ISP report here.

  • 5:50 p.m. Father on Highland/Post Falls reports his unruly teen son has punched his hand through a wall.
  • 5:45 p.m. Motorist reports chimney fire @ Poleline & Ridgeview/Post Falls.
  • 5:44 p.m. Jail reports a seizure in the booking area.
  • 4:59 p.m. Theft reported @ Pinewood Care Center on 7th/CdA.
  • 4:32 p.m. Householder on Hastings/CdA hears sound of power tools being used in a foreclosed house that once belonged to a friend.
  • 4:25 p.m. An e/b white vehicle is parked along I-90, near H41, with its hood up but no lights on.
  • 4:11 p.m. Fire alarm is sounding on 3rd floor of KMC, near storage unit.
  • 3:33 p.m. A white pickup w/o a wheel is broken down in the slow lane of Ramsey, just north of Dalton/CdA.
  • 3:30 p.m. A calf is on the outside of a fence, opposite of some cows @ Greensferry & Prairie. According to a female driver, the calf appears to be confused.
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  • 2:47 p.m. A port officer is asking for a patrol officer after stopping a motor home for a traffic offense @ Miles & Government Way/Hayden.
  • 2:15 p.m. An employee of a Rathdrum pharmacy near Pine Grove Cemetery chased a short man in a hoodie from the store who stole cortisone into the graveyard before losing him.
  • 1:57 p.m. R/P wants to report the possible abuse of a 5YO.
  • 1:43 p.m. A child has pushed down the manual locks inside a black Ford Ranger at Exxon, Appleway & Government Way, and won't open them.
  • 1:40 p.m. Susan on Highway 97 wants to report Internet fraud.
  • 1:17 p.m. A long-haired male in his mid-20s, with a backpack, is panhandling customers at the Walmart store/Post Falls.
  • 1:10 p.m. A 13YO female runaway from Post Falls has been located.
  • 12:54 p.m. R/P reports a female driver drove over the curb onto the sidewalk on 8th Street, north of Best/CdA.
  • AM Scanner Traffic


  • 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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