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Scanner Traffic/PM — 7.22.10

Check out the new format and information provided by the Coeur d'Alene police in their new daily activity report here. And let us (& Sgt. Christie Wood) know what you think of it.

  • 5:36 p.m. A disgruntled male is walking in parking lot @ Tomato Street after being kicked out of Perkins, across Appleway, for arguing w/his girlfriend.
  • 5:29 p.m. Large chunks of carpet are lying on I-90 near Spokane Street/Post Falls exit.
  • 5:13 p.m. Sandra, from Silverwood, reports theft of bags from Ice Palace.
  • 4:51 p.m. Caller reports that 2 males w/baby in vehicle that just left Hayden Walgreens appear to be on drugs.
  • 4:32 p.m. Possible illegal burn @ Chesapeake Court & Maple/Hayden.
  • 4:20 p.m. A black Suburban that turned e/b on Boekle was playing "chicken" w/a semi on H95, swerving back and forth in front of it.
  • 4:11 p.m. 2 motorcyclists @ Huetter rest stop told caretaker they can do what they wanted to do & became combative.
  • 4:10 p.m. 5-vehicle, non-injury crash repoted at Clearwater & Riverbend/Post Falls.
  • Much more below

  • 3:56 p.m. Caller, w/binoculars from Valhalla, is concerned that 4 young juvie canoeists w/o lifejackets are sitting on a rock in Mica Bay. (Marine patrol later confirmed that youngsters made it safely to shore.)
  • 3:40 p.m. Teens are hanging out windows, yelling, & flipping off other vehicles on I-90 @ M/P 12 (Government Way).
  • 3:32 p.m. ISP & local police are trying to catch a 25YO male who ran from the scene of a traffic stop @ I-90 & H95, jumped the freeway fence & headed toward Motel 6/Shiloh Inn area. Officer shot male w/a Taser but one of the prods didn't connect.
  • 3:28 p.m. Shawn wants to know if a baseball can be considered a firearm.
  • 2:35 p.m. Firefighters report that house on Monument Drive (south of Spokane River) is fully engulfed. They also say that response units will have a difficult time getting to site.
  • 2:28 p.m. Officers are looking for a male seen leaving a fire pit that reignited @ Dakota & Maple/Hayden.
  • 1:58 p.m. Victim is following a male and a female along Front/CdA who took money out of his parked car.
  • 1:57 p.m. PFPD Blue has confirmed that a structure is on fire off Spokane Street/Post Falls (possibly on Coyote Lane, on south side of River).
  • 1:53 p.m. Caller reports that something's suspicious re: a juvenile in red shorts riding his bike w/2 other juveniles on the handle bars @ Cloverleaf & Rude/Dalton Gardens.
  • 1:45 p.m. Caller reports smoke coming from neighbor's kitchen @ 331 Silkwood/Post Falls.
  • 1:28 p.m. A rollover accident is reported @ 3rd & Foster/CdA.
  • 1:21 p.m. Female in Coeur d'Alene library parking lot appears to be checking out vehicles.
  • 1:02 p.m. A sailboat has lost its rudder after the wind pushed it into Independence Point beach/CdA. It is now being towed to the Boardwalk Marina.
  • 12:42 p.m. A possible illegal burn is reported @ 11th & Spokane.
  • 12:32 p.m. A brown dog reportedly was left in a brown motorhome behind El Patio.
  • 12:18 p.m. Bob, on Woodland Drive, has questions re: his neighbor storing unused vehicles in his yard.
  • 12:08 p.m. Parent asks for a welfare check on her developmentally disabled 18YO daughter who is with a 45YO male at Silverwood.
  • 12:03 p.m. Caller reports a floating deadhead in Casco Bay/Lake Coeur d'Alene.
  • 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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