Police Briefs March 15

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

March 14 Day Shift

22-003540- 4222 Ringgold Road- Intoxicated Driver-

The caller advised she was almost hit by a white vehicle running a stop sign and felt the driver may possibly be intoxicated. She followed the vehicle to Speedway and called police. On scene both the caller and the subject had already left the area.

22-003559- 941 Spring Creek Road- Rape-

Police were dispatched to the hospital regarding the rape of a juvenile female. On further investigation it was learned the incident occurred in Chattanooga. CPD was notified.

22-003560- 549 Benson Drive- AOA-

Police responded with Fire on a residential fire. On scene the house had already been evacuated. Police stood by while fire handled the call.

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Night Shift

(22-003565) Oakdale Ave / Suspicious Activity:

Juvenile suspects were located and identified walking down Oakdale who are believed to be involved in a robbery. A supplemental to the original robbery report was completed using the above case number.

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.