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You are here: Home / Crime News / Feb. 3 Police Briefs

Feb. 3 Police Briefs

February 3, 2022 By Dick Cook 0 Comments

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

Feb. 1 Day Shift

22-001460 – 4214 Ringgold Road   Child Abuse

Police spoke with a school counselor regarding the child.  The counselor advised she received a report from a student advising that he was hungry and there was no food at home for him to eat. The counselor stated she did not want to contact the mother directly regarding this incident out of fear that she would harm the child as reported in a prior incident 21-015618. The counselor advised she filed a report with DCS. According to the counselor, DCS stated they would not investigate. A second report was filed with DCS.

22-001461- 5400 block Dupont Street- Disorder with a Weapon/Public Intoxication

The caller advised Patricia McDonald threatened her with a knife during an argument. Police determined there had been no assault. McDonald was told to leave by the property owner, but she was too intoxicated to leave on her own. She was arrested and charged with public intoxication.

22-001473- 1517 Tombras Avenue- Warrant Service

Municipal Court Judge revoked the bail of Dakota Kletschka. She was taken into custody for Capias Petition to Revoke and transported to Silverdale Detention Facility. The original charge was joy riding.

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 Night Shift

5811 Ringgold Road/Drugs for resale (22-001486)

Brandy Ashley was arrested for possession of methamphetamine for resale and possession of fentanyl. Corey Montgomery was arrested for possession of fentanyl and possession of drug paraphernalia during a consensual encounter at this location.

22-001478 1612 Castleberry / Burglary / Report:

Police responded to this location and took a report of a burglary to a shed on the property where multiple Dewalt brand saws and a small air compressor were stolen. Report on File.

22-001483- 6500 Ringgold Road / Warrant Service

Chiquita Twitty was taken into custody following a traffic stop for active warrants through Fort Oglethorpe.

22-001492 – 4222 Ringgold Road / Arrest

Police stopped a gold Buick for a light law violation. While speaking to the driver, police observed a firearm in plain view. Police requested the driver get out of the vehicle. While detaining the driver, the passenger fled the traffic stop on foot after having been given lawful orders to stay inside the vehicle. After a short foot chase, the suspect, Dedrick Boatwright, was tased and taken into custody for evading arrest and unlawful possession of a firearm after advising officers he had a gun in his pocket. The driver was issued a warning for the light law violation and sent on his way.

22-001493: 1417 St Thomas St / Drugs for Resale/Warrant Service

Officers observed suspicious activity in the area of Room #131. Contact was made with Joshua Hood and a woman, who gave consent to search the room. Approximately one-half ounce of meth was located as well as other items consistent with distribution. Hood was charged with Meth for Resale and found to have active warrants out of Collegedale.

22-001480: 6514 Ringgold / Overdose

Officers responded to the Mapco in reference to a female subject who had lost consciousness near her vehicle.  Officers administered Narcan, and the subject regained consciousness. Rescue responded and medically cleared.

400 S. Moore Road / Arrest-Traffic

Gregory Brian Willis was arrested on Driving While License Suspended and Vandalism.  Willis rammed the top of his head into the side of police unit #6 while in handcuffs.  22-001489

4214 Ringgold Road / Arrest-Warrant

Heather N. Carroll was arrested on a petition to revoke a warrant for Possession of Controlled Substance.  22-001485

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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