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PM Scanner Traffic — 11.23.09

  • 5:57 p.m. Motorist cancels call for assistance at Stateline Showgirls because "he got his keys back."
  • 5:09 p.m. A deceased dog is in the boulevard b/t Government Way & 2nd/CdA.
  • 4:56 p.m. Toyota Tundra has hit a deer at H95 & Bentz/Hayden.
  • 4:38 p.m. A stalled vehicle w/occupants is blocking n/b NW Blvd, south of I-90.
  • 4:31 p.m. A woman is complaining of a possible broken leg after a T-bone crash b/n a Jeep & a Surburban that's blocking Ramsey & H53/Rathdrum.
  • 4:12 p.m. Animal bite reported @ 1907 Montana/CdA.
  • 4:05 p.m. Resident reports that two males @ Timber Ridge & Rosemere/Rathdrum are throwing snowballs and pulling out orange surveyor stakes.
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  • 4:03 p.m. An elderly woman drove onto the median after turning n/b onto s/b lanes on H95 & Honeysuckler.
  • 3:55 p.m. Suicide reported on Nevada/Rathdrum.
  • 2:47 p.m. Wal*Mart reports a man in a Dodge Durango w/a Harley-Davidson sticker tried to use a bogus receipt to steal a box of items that were confiscated at the exit.
  • 3:11 p.m. Officer reports that a 20YO female on Reed/Hayden has a bad headache and is crying.
  • 2:33 p.m. Athol resident calls about a "chicken problem."
  • 2:25 p.m. A skinny black Lab is "dining" on roadkill, near H41 & Seasons/Athol.
  • 2:14 p.m. A fire alarm at the Comfort Inn turns out to be a false one. But the motel wants firefighters to reset the alarm.
  • 2:12 p.m. Landlord on French Gulch Road reports that a tenant who is being evicted is blocking other tenants on the property.
  • 1:24 p.m. Medical emergency reported in the food department of Costco.
  • 1:13 p.m. Shopko workers have chased a barefoot man across Ironwood to Qdoba after the shoplifter stole clothes and shoes.
  • 12:30 p.m. St. James/Hayden resident reports that teens are sitting in front of his house stealing his wireless Internet signal.
  • PM Scanner Traffic


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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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