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AM Scanner Traffic — 8.29.11

  • Noon: Man wants deputies to stop his "rebellious" wife & daughters en route to KMC in white Geo. But warns deputies must be careful b/c they "fly off the handle" and will try to pray for them.
  • 11:48 a.m. Elderly female found dead at Bennett Bay Inn, 7904 Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive/CdA.
  • 11:46 a.m. Grass fire reported at 8584 W. Prairie/PF.
  • 11:20 a.m. Motorcyclist w/o helmet driving recklessly on H95 before turning e/b on Garwood. Motorist is concerned about safety of biker plus other drivers.
  • 11:01 a.m. White Chevy pickup w/trailer regularly parks partway on pavement along Gozzer Road, halfway through the golf course, creating traffic hazard.
  • 12 other items below
  • 10:51 a.m. Convertible w/top down has been left at 2100 NW Blvd for a week.
  • 10:41 a.m. Officer finds runaway 15YO girl named Destiny @ park along Teton/PF.
  • 9:51 a.m. Resident of Winch & Freddi/Rathdrum reports shots fired nearby.
  • 9:41 a.m. Possible drug activity reported @ 16th & Front/CdA.
  • 9:36 a.m. A gas line is leaking @ 2752 Glenn Drive (near Haycraft & Gilbert/CdA).
  • 9:27 a.m. Mother in 1500 block of E. 2nd/PF finds 23MO son moments after calling police.
  • 9:07 a.m. Some kind of environmental problem is reported at 3770 N. Atlas/CdA.
  • 9:04 a.m. Man at Kootenai County Fairgrounds is threatening to hurt someone if he doesn't get his pay for five days of work. Dispatcher can hear man screaming in background.
  • 8:49 a.m. Hit-and-run damage to property reported at 1491 S. Madison/Spirit Lake.
  • 8:45 a.m. Someone has made a threat at French Cleaners, 3rd & Locust/CdA.
  • 8:44 a.m. Caller reports vandalism to apartment @ Ironwood & Lakewood/CdA.
  • 8:28 a.m. Courtney reports a sick cat can be found in 4700 block of E. Mullan/PF.
  • 8:04 a.m. Possible hazmat spill reported from non-injury crash on I-90 @ M/P 15 (Sherman exit).


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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