Man avoids robbery

COEUR d'ALENE - An Airways Heights, Wash., man told police another man tried to rob him late Saturday or early Sunday.

According to a police report, the victim said he was visiting a friend when he went for a walk. He was smoking a cigarette and walking westbound in the parking lot in front of Office Depot on Neider when a gray Honda approached from behind.

The driver stopped and asked for a cigarette. When the victim said he did not have one to give him, the driver got out of the car and demanded the victim empty his pockets.

When the victim refused, the suspect tried to punch him, according to the police report. The victim dodged the blow, hit and pushed his assailant, and told him to leave him alone.

The suspect then drove away.

The victim, who called police Sunday afternoon to report the incident, told police he was not hurt and nothing was taken.

Police searched the area but could not locate the suspect.