Scanner Traffic — 4/23/09

• 5:21 p.m. Wal*Mart has nabbed a female shoplifter.
• 4:38 p.m. Bedridden elderly R/P is asking for aid but cautions that her Malamute is loose in the house. She said the dog is all bark and not bite. But responding EMTs should allow it to smell their hands before coming to her room. EMTs are wary.
• 4:35 p.m. 2 juveniles on dirt bike are tearing up the Post Falls 7th Day Adventist softball field and have refused repeated requests to leave the church property.
• 4:12 p.m. R/P @ U.S. attorney’s office reports her tires are slashed.
• 2:53 p.m. Resident reports there’s a moose in a field @ Prairie & Huetter. She’s worried that it could cause trouble for kids returning from school at a nearby bus stop.
• 2:09 p.m. R/P on northern Ramsey Road said a drunken renter threatened her with a gun before leaving the house to enter a nearby shop building.
• 1:14 p.m. Police are looking for an Alberta, Canada, man who left Spirit Lake in his pickup Tuesday but hasn’t arrived back home.
• 12:34 p.m. Two males, one with a mustache, riding a red bike reportedly have an open container in the alley behind the 1300 block of Sherman Avenue.
• AM Scanner Traffic below

12:11 p.m. Parked semi blocking one lane of traffic @ Upriver & Highland/south of river.

10:58 a.m. Abandoned boat washed up near West Lakeshore Drive.

10:48 a.m. Landlord is concerned about the welfare of his tenants in the 3000 block of 1st Avenue/Post Falls, after finding a pickup in the driveway and a dog barking in the house, for several days.

10:40 a.m. Owner of a Government Way/Hayden car lot wants extra patrol after finding the back gate open this morning.

9:50 a.m. An interstate truck driver reports that someone tossed a rock off the 4th Street bridge/CdA and broke his front windshield.

9:31 a.m. A toilet is overflowing in the downstairs men’s bathroom @ NIC Library.

8:11 a.m. A vehicle is on fire @ 5950 E. Colin.

8:10 a.m. A powerline has fallen on a 14th Street/CdA home.