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You are here: Home / Crime News / August 17 Police Briefs

August 17 Police Briefs

August 17, 2022 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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

August 15 Day Shift

22-011491- 3900 Ringgold Road- Assault-

Police responded to this location in reference to a disorder call. Police determined one male on scene was struck in the face by another male. However, due to a language barrier on scene, police were unable to determine the circumstances nor the order of events that led to the male being struck. Police returned to service following a completion of a report.

22-011494- 6104 North Mack Smith Road- Suspicious Person-

The caller advised a male was loitering at the business and was refusing to leave. On scene police spoke with the male. He decided to leave the property.

22-011495- 5707 Ringgold Road- Shoplifting-

The caller advised a young male stole beer from the Dollar General business. Police met with an employee who showed police video footage of an unknown male wearing a black and white shirt and black pants entering the store around 0800 hours. The suspect was then seen walking to the beer cooler, grabbing a 4 pack of bud light, and walking in between two aisles. When the male came back out from the two aisles, he was seen with a square object protruding from his waistline matching the size of the Bud Light case. The male then left the store and was seen getting into a silver sedan (of unknown make and model) and leaving the store in that car with a female and another male. No further suspect information is available currently.

22-011497- 623 Camp Jordan Parkway- Suspicious Person-

The caller advised a homeless male was loitering at the hotel and refusing to leave. On scene the male had already left.

22-011499- 5310 Bennett Road- Unconscious Person/AOA-

Johnathan Grant was detained and transported to Silverdale on a county warrant following an unconscious person call at this address. 

22-011500- 20 Interstate 75 North- Citizen Assist/AOA-

Police transported Stephen Culbertson to the Community Kitchen, after Catoosa County got out with him just inside of Tennessee.

22-011503- 1471 Mack Smith Road- Suspicious Person-

The caller advised a homeless male was loitering in the parking lot and acting strange. On scene police encountered the man. He was checked for warrants and sent on his way.

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Night Shift

6900 block Glen Errol Way / Wellbeing Check (22-011528): 

Officers were flagged down by a lady looking for a man. Officers were advised that he left the residence earlier in the night. Officers located the man in the 600 block of Camp Jordan Parkway. Upon his request, the man was taken back to the residence.

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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