11:48 a.m. Caller reports he's following a man in a blue Chrysler Sebring who was hitting a small child in the back seat e/b on Prairie from Poleline/Post Falls.
11:40 a.m. Caller reports a gas truck weaving on road @ H95 & Lacey/Hayden.
11:38 a.m. Deputies are looking for 15YO runaway named Amy, from Worley, who is described as 5-1, 100 pounds, with brown eyes & blond hair. She's been missing since Tuesday.
11:09 a.m. J. in 3200 block of Julia/CdA reports estranged husband has stolen her vehicle.
10:31 a.m. Smoke is coming from a dryer vent @ 4156 W. Upriver Drive/Post Falls.
10:28 a.m. A blue-and-white pet carrier is lying on I-90 @ M/P 8 (Huetter area).
10:04 a.m. Greg has questions for an officer re: muffler decible levels.
9:08 a.m. Woman reports that man purporting to be home insurance salesman came to her door on Combine/CdA claiming her landlord sent him. But landlord later told her that he hadn't.
9:07 a.m. Woman reports getting phone calls for 2 weeks from person asking for her dead husband.
9:04 a.m. G. reports that a 17YO girl has run away from her Crystal Bay Road/Post Falls.
8:29 a.m. Caller reports unattended death in 3400 block of W. Loxton Loop/CdA.
8:18 a.m. Officer wants highway department to check large pothole @ end of H53 & Pleasantview/PF.
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.