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Scanner Traffic — 6.2.09

  • 10:57 a.m. A woman is yelling at a man who is sitting on the side of the road across from the ISP center on Wilbur.
  • 10:51 a.m. A large man is yelling at a woman with 2 kids to get out of her car in front of Super 1/Kathleen. The store manager is with the male.
  • 10:44 a.m. A baby fell and hit its head when its mother and a male got into a shoving match on Mill.
  • 10:40 a.m. Woman wants to see an officer re: some neighbor boys who poured lighter fluid on her dog and ignited it last Wednesday.
  • 10:02 a.m. A Canfield Middle School mother wants to see an officer re: several boys who punched her son in the stomach this morning.
  • 9:50 a.m. Rathdrum Auto Parts wants to see an officer re: a customer who removed a stereo from a vehicle and didn't put it back after he decided not to buy it.
  • 9:27 a.m. A Ford Escape is illegally parked in a handicap spot (but broken dispatch prevented me from catching the location).
  • 8:57 a.m. Dispatcher: "I have that call from Templins in reference to a large snake."
  • 8:49 a.m. A caller from the Children's Center wants an officer to take a girl to juvie who's threatening to break rules. The girl is not being violent.


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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