5:33 p.m. Alaska caller reports he has info re: girl who ran away from Kyler/Hayden home 30 minutes ago.
5:29 p.m. A German shepherd has bitten a child @ H41 & Stevens/Rathdrum.
5:14 p.m. A bag of garbage lying is causing vehicles to swerve on Seltice Way in front of the Post Falls theater.
5:08 p.m. A man cuts his arm badly w/a knife and now Howard Johnson workers are in the lobby trying to control the bleeding.
4:51 p.m. LeeAnn reports that a neighbor threatened to hurt her animals when she complained about his barking dog.
4:50 p.m. Caller reports that 2 horses are running loose @ Tamarack & River and doesn't accept the explanation that it's open range.
4:23 p.m. PFPD Blues have located 2 teen girls in tie-dyed T-shirts who got separated from the rest of the Post Falls High girls' track team @ 3rd & Lincoln/Post Falls.
3:51 p.m. A 60YO drunken male in Twin Lakes area has been talking to the suicide hot line for last 15 minutes re: killing himself.
3:29 p.m. Caller says a "hippy looking" male w/long gray hair and a great dane is hanging around near a bus stop on Huckleberry/Post Falls.
3:19 p.m. An 18YO female with a hammer is chasing a 16YO male near the Post Falls post office toward the Centennial Trail.
2:51 p.m. 2 male youths are shooting pellet guns at marmots @ Falls Park, by the one-way bridge. Caller said they dropped a marmot and ran toward Centennial Trail when they saw him. (Update: Officer has spotted boys under bridge near Treaty Rock.)
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2:50 p.m. Caller reports someone is shooting recklessly @ Reservoir & Spring Creek/Rathdrum.
2:19 p.m. Tiffany reports her Pekingese has been missing for 4 days.
2:04 p.m. A small pickup involved in a noninjury accident @ 19th & Dakota/Hayden is leaving the scene.
2:01 p.m. Steven is in the CPD Blue lobby w/questions re: a vehicle parked on his Honeysuckle property.
1:45 p.m. James is in the Rathdrum PD lobby after finding a vehicle he'd reported stolen from Twin Lakes.
1:18 p.m. A black convertible that may be involved in a road rage incident on Seltice Way has pulled into Taco John's/Post Falls.
12:51 p.m. Shirley reports finding a newspaper machine, with coin box stolen, @ Red Fir & H54/Athol.
12:23 p.m. Caller reports in-laws have returned to property @ Bonnell & Borley/CdA, after being told not to do so.
12:19 p.m. Caller reports an orange tabby cat is sick @ Honeysuckle & Neufeld & Honeysuckle/Hayden.
12:11 p.m. A disoriented, heavy-set female is walking in the roadway @ Polston & Goude/Post Falls.
12:09 p.m. A fire hydrant is leaking @ Seltice Way & Greensferry/Post Falls.
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.