5:16 p.m. Hayden WalMart has caught a shoplifter who's being cooperative.
4:46 p.m. Car fire reported in front of Careywood Fire Station on H95 @ M/P 455.
4:30 p.m. Search dog called off b/c weather impedes its ability to follow track (3:34 p.m. item).
4:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Casino security reports counterfeit suspects still in building.
4:30 p.m. CdA Tribal Police warns that a moose is walking along H95 near Conkling Road/Worley.
3:58 p.m. Officer wants EMTs to check woman (3:34 p.m.) who was choked almost unconscious.
3:34 p.m. Woman in 8500 block of W. 4th/Rathdrum reports being choked by man in black T-shirt & shorts, saying, "He tried to kill me." Rathdrum police now looking along Willow Creek & are treating the incident as aggravated assault. Police are calling in search dog. Officer is set up at H53 & Latah.
12 more items & AM Scanner Traffic link below
3:12 p.m. Woman leaning against houe in 3500 block of 2nd appears to be "very drunk."
3:05 p.m. Post Falls officer is stopping to roust hitchhiker @ H53 & Greensferry.
2:46 p.m. Walgreen's on Appleway/CdA reports a suspicious person on premises.
2:42 p.m. A two-vehicle, non-injury crash is partly blocking road behind Subway on H41/PF.
2:20 p.m. Post Falls WalMart reports catching 2 shoplifters who are being cooperative.
2:15 p.m. Caller reports bicycle stolen from cabin along Upper Hayden Lake Road.
1:48 p.m. A 50ish male in a black hat is staggering into traffic along Shopko on Ironwood/CdA.
1:24 p.m. A small, mixed-breed dog & a boxer chase vehicles along Kelso Drive/Spirit Lake.
12:40 p.m. Patricia reports her 4YO son accidentally dialed 911 while jumping on trampoline.
12:36 p.m. Someone has been injured in a fall at the Hayden Creek Salon on Government Way.
12:31 p.m. Trista reports to KCSD that she's lost her Akita.
12:30 p.m. Small boy lost in Joanna/Wilbur area/NW CdA found sleeping in parents' closet.
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.
