Police Calls: Cowboy hat-wearing driver swerves on Spokane
April 1
8:47 a.m. A woman suffered a dog bite on Fourth Street and wanted to know if she needed to do anything because the bite occurred close to a school; she didn’t want anyone else to be injured.
1:00 p.m. The neighbor’s dog barks nightly on Colorado Avenue and the caller has some questions.
4:43 p.m. Two days ago, somewhere on Spokane Avenue, a Mickey Mouse wallet was lost.
8:16 p.m. A caller on Ramsey Avenue was concerned about the neighbor’s burn pile burning too late and wanted to know what she could do about it.
8:43 p.m. Eight warnings were issued this evening for broken headlights, broken tail lights, and one for odd driving behavior exhibited by someone looking for a restaurant on Highway 93.
April 2
2:39 a.m. The family dog alerted the caller to a man with a bloody nose muttering to himself as he stumbled across the caller’s front yard on Aspen Grove Street.
2:47 a.m. Friends of the man with a bloody nose came looking for him but were speeding away from Aspen Grove Street. Police took their keys and the men walked home.
12:27 p.m. The alarm went off but it was only a friend letting the owner’s dogs out through an exterior garage door.
4:52 p.m. After getting a pizza, a driver wearing a cowboy hat swerved back and forth and crossed the centerline on Spokane Avenue.
10:36 p.m. Someone took the term “spitting mad” literally as they spit on the caller and on the caller’s truck on Railway Street.
April 4
7:10 a.m. A seemingly abandoned diaper bag on Haugen Heights caused a caller to become suspicious. Police found nothing unusual in the bag.
11:28 a.m. An employee on Second Street who parks too close to fire hydrants and driveways was given a short counseling session.
12:02 p.m. One husky and one shepherd mix were wandering without collars or tags.
1:26 p.m. The subdivision’s property manager called about a truck that has been parked on Vista Drive for three weeks. It turned out the truck was registered to an address in the subdivision.
10:57 p.m. Someone on Park Avenue found a dog and agreed to keep it safe until the owners could be located.
11:01 p.m. A brown and white, droopy-eared dog and his German shepherd friend took off and were southbound on Pheasant Run.
April 5
9:35 p.m. A station wagon with a multi-colored front bumper full of young men was speeding down the mountain near Glades Drive.
10:19 p.m. After honking his car horn constantly while driving down Highway 93, a man slammed on his brakes in a parking lot and stumbled from his car. He wandered around a store, talking to himself and “acting crazy.”
11:26 p.m. The neighbor is worried about the dog next door who has been left alone for two days on Brimstone Drive.