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Scanner Traffic/AM — 7.14.10

  • Noonish (12:01 p.m.): Someone is unconscious on the floor of Costco on Neider/CdA.
  • 11:42 a.m. 2 transients are camping and throwing litter into the bushes beneath the I-90 bridge near Centennial Trail & Riverstone.
  • 11:24 a.m. Cameron, on Fisher/Post Falls, reports someone backed into his vehicle last night and drove off without leaving a note.
  • 11:17 a.m. A Ford pickup is stalled on the onramp @ H41 & I-90 (M/P 7).
  • 11:09 a.m. A w/b tractor pulling a 35-foot trailer is spilling diesel on I-90 @ Yellowstone Trail (M/P 18).
  • 11:05 a.m. Kootenai Humane Society wants to see officer re: 3 boxers picked up at Worley Wednesday.
  • 11 a.m. Possible stolen pickup wanted in $30 Holiday station drive-off (9:27 a.m.) has been spotted on freeway near H41.
  • 10:37 a.m. Officer is rousting a panhandler from H95 & Neider/CdA.
  • 10:21 a.m. Richard has questions re: possible phone scam.
  • 9:56 a.m. Resident, @ Helen & Reed/Hayden, is worried that she may be the victim of a scam involving satellite dish repair.
  • 9:36 a.m. An injured cat is reported in the front yard of Fisher Avenue/Post Falls home.
  • 9:29 a.m. A dead deer is lying along H41 @ M/P 35 (near Hoodoo Loop/Bonner County).
  • 9:28 a.m. A 75YO Spokane woman who suffers Alzheimers disease was found within 5 minutes after she was reported missing by her husband from Blackwell Island RV Park.
  • 9:27 a.m. A 30ish male in a black pickup that may be stolen left w/o paying for gas at the Holiday station on Cornerstone/Hayden.
  • 9:18 a.m. Drug paraphernalia has been found at Ramsey Park.
  • 8:31 a.m. A flag has fallen down at a local cemetery, according to a patrol officer.
  • 8 a.m. Ann needs an NIC maintenance worker to let her into the Summer Theatre box office.


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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