5:18 p.m. Possible burglary in progress at an old Louisiana Pacific building on Spokane/PF.
5:07 p.m. 13YO boy is cussing out father @ River City Middle School/PF basketball courts after being kicked out of Boys & Girls Club earlier for being unruly.
5:03 p.m. Caller reports 2 Hispanic males in baggy pants out of place @ Mullan & Royal/PF.
5:01 p.m. Passing motorist reports a male under H41 & I-90 overpass smoking something.
4:56 p.m. Strange boy in gray hoodie reportedly watching small fire @ Kelly Ray & Govt Way/Hayden.
4:33 p.m. ShopKo on Ironwood/CdA has caught another shoplifter.
4:21 p.m. Safeway Store, 121 W. Neider Ave/Cda, has caught a shoplifter.
4:11 p.m. Blue Chevy pickup is speeding and driving unsafely @ Brunner & Old Highway 95/Athol.
4:09 p.m. An undisclosed sex offense is reported in Garden District of older Coeur d'Alene.
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3:48 p.m. Caller reports 3-4YO boy walking by himself toward H41/PF from Brothers/Rathdrum.
3:25 p.m. 10YO girl hit but not injured when hit by side mirror of black SUV @ 8059 Westview/CdA.
3:16 p.m. Caller reports loud, heavy-metal music coming from rental in 700 block of N9th/CdA.
2:51 p.m. Deputy checks suspicious person @ Hayden Pawn 1 who may have outstanding warrant.
2:45 p.m. Post Falls WalMart/Mullan has a cooperative shoplifter in asset protection office.
2:34 p.m. Shopko on E. Ironwood/CdA reports catching cooperative shoplifter.
2:27 p.m. Resident on Silver Meadows Loop/Athol reports 14YO boy trespassing on property.
1:58 p.m. CPD officers are looking for gold 1999 Ford Contour stolen in town Wednesday.
1:36 p.m. Sunrise Drive/CdA resident reports boy in neighborhood has shot dog w/small-caliber gun.
1:07 p.m. Caller from Idaho Street/PF reports he's cornered by a vicious pitbull.
1:03 p.m. Pickup truck reportedly is parked in Post Falls/WalMart handicap space w/o permit.
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.