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PM Scanner Traffic — 7.8.11

  • 6:07 p.m. BNSF security reports a male is walking on moving railroad cars on track along H53, just inside stateline. Security is trying to stop the train.
  • 5:58 p.m. Holiday station on Cornerstone/Hayden reports a gas drive-off ... has license number.
  • 5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for July 7-8 here.
  • 5:24 p.m. ISP reports e/b I-90 traffic backed up to the stateline as result of broken green light at bottom of offramp @ Pleasantview. Post Falls Highway Dept. sez will fix it Monday.
  • 5:22 p.m. Steven reports someone shot his fence w/shotgun in 4700 block of Reeves/CdA.
  • 5:08 p.m. Pesticide possibly leaking from tank on w/b truck on I-90 & M/P 20 (Blue Creek Bay bridge).
  • 4:57 p.m. Shopko reports apprehending a shoplifter who's being cooperative.
  • 4:42 p.m. Woman reports she fled home in 200 block of W. 20th/PF after male held military rifle at her head. Man now alone at home w/rifle. (Update: Man arrested while watering lawn.)
  • 4:41 p.m. Elaine reports finding a 2YO girl wandering alone @ Wheatfield & Sweet/CdA.
  • 4:35 p.m. A log is floating down the Spokane River, just past first no-wake zone.
  • 4:23 p.m. Slow logging truck pulling 2 trailers has 20 vehicles trailing behind @ H97 @ Beauty Bay.
  • 4:14 p.m. Resident is nervous b/c man is living in beige van in English Point/Hayden Lake area.
  • 20 more items below + AM Scanner Traffic link
  • 3:34 p.m. Someone has been injured in a fall at Coeur d'Alene Library, 702 E. Front.
  • 3:32 p.m. A log is smoldering on North Idaho College Beach off Rosenberry Drive.
  • 3:16 p.m. Road-rage motorcyclist spit on woman's vehicle as jockeyed to pass @ I-90 & H41.
  • 3:14 p.m. A loose pitbull is entering properties on Lawson Drive/Rathdrum & snarling.
  • 2:57 p.m. A suspicious male is hanging out @ Appleway & Howard/CdA.
  • 2:55 p.m. Nancy in 600 block of E. Foster/CdA reports an auto burglary.
  • 2:48 p.m. Cars in the road are are creating a hazard @ 16th & Hanley/Dalton Gardens.
  • 2:36 p.m. Truck driver is waiting for cop @ w/b Huetter rest stop after dropping 2 bundles of insulation on I-90 @ M/P 9.
  • 2:32 p.m. Woman wants husband & galpal removed from yard sale on Aspen/PF. Husband is arguing about items that are included in the garage sale. Deputy on scene seeks agency assist.
  • 2:25 p.m. A skinny panhandler w/dreadlocks & a red bandana is loitering near Mountain West Bank @ H95 & Prairie.
  • 2:08 p.m. A large garbage can is lying in the road @ H95 & M/P 437 (Boekel/Hayden).
  • 2:07 p.m. Someone has been hurt in a fall @ BioLife, 8300 Cornerstone/Hayden.
  • 1:58 p.m. An older man in a red Cadillac reportedly asked a 15YO girl if she needed a ride @ Lochhaven and Audbon/Hayden. He then drove off, turned around, & came back to girl.
  • 1:56 p.m. Driver of red mini-Cooper reportedly going 90 mph on H54 & St. Joe (near Spirit Lake).
  • 1:07 p.m. Black Rock security reports someone has been injured in a fall.
  • 12:59 p.m. An elderly man in car w/Shoshone plates is tail-gating @ Ross Point & Seltice Way/PF.
  • 12:56 p.m. Caller reports that a cat has been abandoned on Cliffhouse/Hauser Lake.
  • 12:35 p.m. A 16YO son is involved in physical fight w/mother in 3400 block of W. Elk/PF.
  • 12:34 p.m. Suspicious backpack spotted near garbage cans @ Seeley & Riverside/PF.
  • 12:31p.m. 2 callers report blue compact car driving recklessly @ H95 & Chilco before turning off on Old Highway 95.
  • 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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