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. (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.