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You are here: Home / Crime News / Police Briefs for Dec. 30

Police Briefs for Dec. 30

December 30, 2020 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along reports.”

Dec. 28 Day Shift

6741 B Ringgold Road (theft):

The complainant requested a police report regarding theft of power tools from his vehicle during the night.

323 Camp Jordan Parkway (vandalism):

Complainant reported the vandalism of a storage container which belongs to the Chattanooga Red Wolves. The container was empty, so nothing was taken. A metal window was broken off the container.

1304 Spring Creek Road (misdemeanor citation):

Lee Sample was issued a misdemeanor citation for driving on revoked following a traffic stop at this location.

Prater Road (wires down):

Police were dispatched to this area regarding wires down across the street. It was determined to be cable wires, and police pulled the wires out of the roadway.

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 Night Shift

1197 McBrien Rd (Unknown 911 20-017011):

Police were requested to check the area for an open line 911 call. Nothing was located.

1708 Adair Ave (Disorder 20-017012):

Police responded after a party called and stated a man was on her porch threatening her. Officers arrived and discovered the man in question was on the property demanding payment for work he had completed for the reporting party. The disorder was deemed to be a civil matter and the parties separated for the night.

E Stump ST/Greenslake Rd (Smoke Investigation):

Police responded with Fire on reports of heavy smoke in the area. The source of the smoke was not located.

1200 John Ross (Arrest 20-017016):

Bryan Smith was taken into custody for Evading Police and Traffic Charges and transported to the Hamilton County Jail.

5809 Ringgold Rd (Arrest 20-017021):

Amber Santora was taken into custody for Driving While Revoked for DUI, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Traffic Offenses. She was transported to the Hamilton County Jail..

4222 Ringgold Rd (DUI 20-017023):

James Richardson was arrested for DUI and transported to the Hamilton County Jail following a traffic stop for Failure to Yield and Speeding.

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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