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PM Scanner Traffic — 8.17.12

  • 5:35 p.m. 3 kids are unsecure in back seat of black Nssan Sentra e/b on I-90 @ Pleasantview/PF.
  • 5:32 p.m. Thick smoke but no fire seen from truck disabled @ 22000 H53/Rathdrum.
  • 5:04 p.m. Female (in 4:49 item) has blood on her face; says she wanted to see if gun worked.
  • 4:59 p.m. A large piece of metal is lying in passing lane of e/b I-90 @ M/P 11 (NW Blvd).
  • 4:57 p.m. Hazmat responder estimates that only 1/4 to 1/2 gallon of fuel spilled into lake (4:27 item).
  • 4:56 p.m. Aggressive magazine saleswoman bothering truckers @ Flying J Truck Stop/PF.
  • 4:49 p.m. Athol man reports wife just shot hole through bathdroom window. Doesn't know why.
  • 4:44 p.m. Suicidal 58YO male driving gray 2002 Hyundai last seen @ 1 p.m. in Post Falls.
  • 4:29 p.m. Bryant is in the KCSD lobby to report a vehicle theft.
  • 4:27 p.m. Fuel is leaking from pumps at Conkling Marina, 20 W. Jerry Lane/Worley, into lake.
  • 4:22 p.m. Caller complains that juveniles are shooting off fireworks at City Beach/CdA.
  • 4:05 p.m. Undisclosed theft reported in 10400 block of H41/Rathdrum.
  • 14 more items + AM Scanner Traffic link below
  • 3:45 p.m. Undisclosed traffic hazard reported @ H95 & Miles/Hayden.
  • 3:21 p.m. Driver trying to change tire on blue van w/kids in it @ H41 & Seasons Road/Twin Lakes.
  • 2:47 p.m. Road rager is flipping off other motorists @ Boekel & Huetter/Rathdrum.
  • 2:37 p.m. After almost an hour of dealing w/angry boater (1:41 item), with a long rap sheet, Benewah County marine deputies were able to get him into their boat. The man had jumped into the lake from his boat rather than be taken in by tribal marine deputies.
  • 2:33 p.m. Coeur d'Alene female reports getting harassing texts from her son-in-law.
  • 2;32 p.m. Male in KCSD lobby wants to know what to do with things belonging to a jailed friend impounded at Merwyn's/PF when the friend was arrested while driving his vehicle.
  • 2:16 p.m. Caller is concerned flare left by disabled car will catch grass on fire @ I-90 & Spokane/PF.
  • 1:59 p.m. Possible illegal burn reported in 16000 block of Ramsey Road/Rathdrum.
  • 1:57 p.m. Bicyclist who hit customer's vehicle in Donut House lot, 8761 Govt Way, being detained.
  • 1:41 p.m. Boater with knife is trying to cut line b/n tribal marine deputies' boat and float home being returned to Harrison docks. Angry man once owned float home. Action is happening on the Kootenai-Benewah county line near bike trestle/Conkling Park.
  • 1:18 p.m. Coeur d'Alene business reports possible theft of narcotics by ex-employee.
  • 12:52 p.m. Unwanted person has left home in 300 block of LaCrosse/CdA.
  • 12:41 p.m. 2 Jetskis piloted by females -- one red & black, the other orange -- violating no-wake zone on Spokane River.
  • 12:33 p.m. Unattended death reported in 700 block of N2nd/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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