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PM Scanner Traffic — 5.31.11

  • 5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for May 30-31 here.
  • 5:25 p.m. Shoshone County authorities are looking for 38YO male named Dustin who has a shotgun and was threatening to harm himself. He was last seen at 3 p.m. Monday in Kingston.
  • 5:17 p.m. Post Falls man wants to know what he can do about horses pushing on his fence.
  • 5:11 p.m. Caller reports possible illegal burn on Cedar Court b/n Dakota & Iowa/Hayden.
  • 5:04 p.m. Man at west Fernan Boat launch reports his vehicle vandalized to point it's not driveable.
  • 4:47 p.m. CdA Super 1 on Kathleen reports apprehending cooperative shoplifter.
  • 4:38 p.m. Officers have fugitive in custody and are helping him up to road from Hayden Lake's shoreline, after he suffered a leg injury. At one point, officer contacted man's father who lives in area.
  • 4:14 p.m. Deputies are setting up a perimeter and calling for a police dog @ English Point Road in their search for a federal fugitive who is hiding nearby. (See 3:20 & 3:11 items below)
  • 4:05 p.m. Goodwill on 4th/CdA reports a man who has shoplifted before is in the store.
  • 4:01 p.m. EMTs on scene report unattended death in the Gallatin/Riverbend area/Post Falls.
  • More below
  • 3:58  p.m. A rolled-up blanket is lying in the road on w/b I-90 @ M/P 8 (Huetter rest area).
  • 3:46 p.m. Unconscious person reported @ Gallatin & Riverbend/Post Falls.
  • 3:20 p.m. U.S. Marshal has found fugitive's abandoned blue "crotch rocket" motorcycle on Lancaster by S curves, as road dips toward lake (near Rockaway Beach Road). Fugitive now on foot.
  • 3:11 p.m. A U.S. Marshal is pursuing federal fugitive on blue "crotch rocket" (probation violation warrant + local meth charges) e/b on Wyoming from Ramsey/Hayden to n/b on H95 from Wyoming to Lancaster. (Update: Marshal discontinues pursuit @ 3:18 p.m.)
  • 2:45 p.m. Caller reports someone trying to break into home in 800 block of E. Maple Place/Hayden.
  • 2:22 p.m. CPD Blues are responding to a psychological problem in 3800 block of Ramsey/CdA.
  • 2:18 pm. I-90 sensors detect stolen 2010 gray Toyota from Arizona. Woman driving vehicle may have 5 active felony warrants from Arizona for her arrest.
  • 2:08 p.m. A traffic hazard is reported roundabout @ Courcelles & Hanley/Coeur d'Alen Place.
  • 1:59 p.m. A disable, light-blue van is blocking one lane of Prairie, west of Ramsey/CdA.
  • 1:30 p.m. A drunk man is staggering along 400 block of S. Ross Point Road, hiding when cars pass.
  • 1:26 p.m. Emily reports receiving a threat from someone at her Government Way business.
  • 12:06 p.m. 5th-wheel has no backup/brake lights on boat its pulling behind Neider Safeway/CdA.
  • 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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