Scanner Traffic — 4/7/09

• 4:32 p.m. Father waves down CPD Blue @ Julia & Marie to say he returned home from work to learn from a baby-sitter that his child is missing. The child was found a short time later.
• 4:12 p.m. A 50YO woman was stepped on by a horse @ 9851 Prairie/Post Falls.
• 4:10 p.m. A guy wearing camo top hit a fence w/his car @ Parkway & Spokane/Post Falls and ran off with his multi-colored dog. He might be high on meth.
• 3:57 p.m. AT&T store on Prairie reports theft of a phone.
• 3:44 p.m. A man in a green Toyota 4Runner who was upset by traffic control at a road construction site on Highway 97 threatened to get a gun and come back.
• 3:27 p.m. A 2YO boy has fallen @ Cottage Child Care & Learning Center/Thornton and suffered a 2-inch gash in the back of his head. It’s bleeding uncontrollably.
• 2:50 p.m. CPD Blue has stopped the driver of a yellow Cavalier who ignored the flashing lights of a school bus.
• 2:10 p.m. A kayaker is warned to stay away from Post Falls Dam area.
• 2:03 p.m. “Katie” reports that a mechanic won’t let her have her car back.
• 12:50 p.m. A panicked Post Falls mother reports her toddler son had wandered off, wearing only a gray shirt and tennis shoes. No diaper. Minutes later, she called back to say that he was hiding from her in a shed.
• 12:13 p.m. A resident of the Westwood/Ferndale Drive area on the Rimrock reports that a thirtysomething male identified himself as a census taker but asked odd questions.
• More below

11:54 a.m. Several motorbikes & ATVs are on the Centennial Trail behind Windermere, off Seltice Way.

10:49 a.m. An elderly male is slumped over the wheel of his car in the w/b lanes of I-90, just past Highway 95.

9:50 a.m. Motorist reports that Jack Buell truck w/full load was driving erratically on Highway 95 before pulling into Chilco Mill.

9:21 a.m. R/P on Stonehaven Drive reports that there’s heavy smoke in the area from an unknown source.

9:03 a.m. A businessman wants to know if he can tow 3 abandoned vehicles that have been at his shop for 3 years.

8:48 a.m. Woman wants to see an officer re: a neighbor’s dog that bit her dog. Her dog is now suffering infection from the bite.

8:17 a.m. Motorist @ Highway 41 & Rainbow reports another driver is weaving all over the road while texting.