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You are here: Home / Crime News / Law and Order April 14

Law and Order April 14

April 14, 2026 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department.

Day Shift April 13: A Squad

26-003326 – 700 BLK Germantown Circle Apartment- Property – A man reported his firearm missing from the glove compartment of his vehicle. He assumed his vehicle was left unlocked, and the gun was likely stolen. He could not provide a serial number.

Night Shift April 8: C Squad

26-003348 – 900 BLK State Line Road – Suspicious Activity – An anonymous male contacted the Hamilton County Dispatch and stated his intoxicated, ex-girlfriend assaulted him. The male further stated the female left in a dark sedan and was possibly driving on State Line Road. The male refused to give exact location, then hung up the phone. Several attempts were made to call him back, but all went to voicemail. East Ridge Police and Catoosa County Deputies checked the area but did not locate the suspect or the reporting party.

26-003349 – 1600 BLK South Smith Street – Assault Delayed – The caller reported that she was assaulted by an unknown female in front of her grandmother’s house. She stated that her grandfather yelled at a speeding car and the suspect got out of the vehicle, then approached her and her grandfather in an aggressive manner. She put herself between the female and her grandfather, and the female punched her. After the assault, the female fled the scene. Police Officers searched the area for the suspect but were unable to locate her.

26-003355 – 200 BLK Eads Street- Disorder with a Weapon – Police responded to a disorder at the apartments involving a handgun. A female reported that a known man pushed his way into her apartment during a conversation and stole her black 9mm handgun. The suspect then fled the scene in a gray Chevy Malibu and struck another vehicle in the parking lot. Police are seeking arrest warrants for Aggravated Burglary, Theft Under $1,000, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.

 

 
 
 
 

Filed Under: Crime News, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.


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