5:38 p.m. Caller reports that a 9YO boy named Ricky ran away on his bike from his mother @ 4:30 p.m. today on Mullan Trail & Nugget/CdA area and hasn't been seen since.
5:35 p.m. A gray Subaru Outback is reportedly going the wrong way on s/b H95 @ Neider.
4:53 p.m. Sheriff needs help with report of female down on sidewalk w/crowd of angry people around @ C & 5th/Plummer b/c it has no units on west side of Benewah County.
4:39 p.m. CPD Blue are looking for a male in red Pathfinder who allegedly split a female's face by throwing a DVD & DVD case at her on Bumblebush, off Nettle Gulch.
4:24 p.m. Caller reports a white Grand Am drove a white Subaru into guardrail on w/b I-90 @ M/P 11 (H95). But ISP is unable to confirm accident.
4:11 p.m. Someone has been hurt in a fall at Sunset Bowling Alley, off Government Way.
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3:38 p.m. Caller reports that a guitarist with loud amplifiers is playing at Finucane Park/Hayden.
3:32 p.m. Patrol officer reports that a bus appears to be broken down on H53.
3:18 p.m. Motorist reports a logging truck is belching excessive smoke @ H95 & Canfield, causing concern for the environment.
3:13 p.m. CPD Blues are looking for a male who ran from a local home with a backpack that witness claims was loaded with methamphetamine.
2:47 p.m. Flick wants to speak to an officer re: a power theft.
1:58 p.m. Post Falls WalMart believes a pair of shoplifters just left in a Honda Accord with a Grateful Dead sticker on it.
1:07 p.m.
A semi with the name "Pacific" on the side is leaking some sort of
fluid from the trailer on I-90 @ Northwest Boulevard overpass, maybe
diesel.
1:02 p.m. A two-vehicle crash is blocking Spokane & Mullan/PF.
12:22 p.m. A large block of wood is lying on the passing lane of I-90 @ M/P 40 (just west of Shoshone County line.
12:06 p.m. Post Falls officer has been watching a panhandler "who's acting weird" for 5 minutes.
12:05 p.m. CPD Blues are checking out alarm that sounded in Riverstone Starbucks.
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.
