Briefs

• Items stolen from Cd'A home

A Coeur d'Alene man was checking on his mother's home Sunday morning when he discovered it had been broken into and multiple items, including a car and a laptop, were stolen.

The break-in, according to a Coeur d'Alene Police Department report, occurred sometime after the man dropped his mother off at the airport last week. He told police that he had used her car to drop her off prior to returning the vehicle to her home on Government Way.

On Sunday, the man went to check on the home and noticed that the door on the detached garage had been forced open and his mother's car wasn't inside.

When he entered the home, he discovered that it had been "ransacked," with several guns, a laptop and other items missing. The responding officer reported the entire home was a mess and there were papers and drawers strewn about.

Several valuable items, including televisions and antiques, were left in the home. Food cupboards in the home had been disturbed and the officer said items like cereal boxes were placed upright on the floor in what appeared to be an intentional manner.

"It is apparent whoever was responsible spent a considerable amount of time going through things, possibly even more than one event," the report states.

The stolen vehicle is a blue 2004 Pontiac Vibe with Idaho license plates.

• Fire department investigating vehicle blaze

The Coeur d'Alene Fire Department is investigating a vehicle fire that occurred Monday at an apartment complex at 710 N. 21st St.

Around 6 a.m., law enforcement officers responded and observed a Suburban fully engulfed in flames. According to a Coeur d'Alene Police Department incident report, the vehicle was parked on the north side of the complex, in an alley that is commonly used by residents to park their cars.

The Coeur d'Alene Fire Department was able to extinguish the flames before it jumped to any structures.

Detectives interviewed witnesses in an attempt to determine the cause of the fire and reported that no one had seen anyone or anything suspicious around that vehicle on that day.

According to the report, law enforcement did not notice anything unusual around the vehicle or in the apartment trash bins. However, they did discover a flashlight in a yard just north of where the fire occurred.