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PM Scanner — 12.16.10

  • 5:17 p.m. 2 drunk males are fist-fighting in 500 block of East Orchard/Hayden.
  • 4:47 p.m. A vehicle that was abandoned at a business along Chilco Road/Athol five months ago by a Bonner County man reportedly was stolen from Bannock County.
  • 4:25 p.m. A boy reports to his mother that a white pickup w/a canopy is following him home from Hayden Meadows Elementary.
  • 4:27 p.m. Rhonda reports that someone listed her home as a rental on CraigsList.
  • 4:20 p.m. 52YO man accidentally took a pill overdose in 900 block of Spruce Court/CdA.
  • 4:18 p.m. Caller reports man in red Toyota Highlander stopped @ lights on Prairie & Government Way/Hayden was driving at varying speeds & had hit a curb.
  • 3:59 p.m. Several callers report a male was driving recklessly before crashing into a snow bank in median in front of Lake City High. Driver may have suffered seizure.

  • 3:48 p.m. Ralph, in 5900 block of E. Maplewood, wants to see an officer re: a man he caught looking around his property.
  • 3:38 p.m. Hold-up alarm @ Emerald Cleaners @ 826 4th/CdA proves to be a false one.
  • 2:58 p.m. Caller reports drywall fell from semi @ I-90 & Spokane/PF before trucker turned off on Pleasantview. Truck is registered to Evening Star/PF resident.
  • 2:50 p.m. Woman reports possible abuse of her children by former baby-sitter.
  • 2:40 p.m. Caller reports that a Subaru Legacy full of teen-age girls used a turn lane to pass a school bus on Highway 41/Rathdrum.
  • 2:25 p.m. Estranged husband is concerned for welfare of his two young children after his wife texted from the Northshire subdivision that she "can't take it any more."
  • 2:15 p.m. An alarm is sounding at American Engineering @ Seltice Way & Seeley/PF.
  • 2:04 p.m. Security reports fraudulent checks were used at Coeur d'Alene Casino.
  • 1:50 p.m. CdA police are looking for a 36YO man in a yellow sweat shirt & black stocking cap who is wanted for battery, probation violation, and jail time and who bolted through back yards after fleeing from Probation & Parole. He's been running north on 14th & lost both shoes at Syringa. He's 5-11 and 180 pounds.
  • 1:39 p.m. Suspicious vehicle reported at 10th & Mullan/CdA.
  • 1:28 p.m. A motorist has chased 2 dogs into a field & is preventing them from running back out onto H41 & Hayden/Rathdrum.
  • 1:27 p.m. David, in security at Costco, has a cooperative female shoplifter in custody.
  • 10:38 a.m. Caller reports mailboxes are open at Ramsey & Scarcello/Rathdrum.
  • 10:18 a.m. Rathdrum officer is checking on suicide threat on Majestic.
  • 9:44 a.m. A suspicious vehicle reportedly is parked by laundromat on Anton/CdA.
  • 9:36 a.m. Caller reports n/b & s/b traffic lights are green @ Northwest & I-90/CdA.
  • 9:29 a.m. Karen reports an ongoing problem w/her neighbor's dog.
  • 9:21 a.m. Someone has been hurt in a fall @ Forest Grove & Boekel/Hayden.
  • 8:40 a.m. Animal control officer is having trouble catching a Dalmatian in front of Blue Plate Cafe in Government Way & Dakota area/Hayden.


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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