A man that police say robbed a convenience store earlier this week, turned himself into the East Ridge police on Tuesday. Officials said that Ellis Bell Thornhill, 41, of an Orangewood Avenue address in Chattanooga, turned himself in at the Fire and Police Service Center. Charged with Aggravated Robbery, he promptly made a $25,000 bond […]
ERPD Arrests Aug. 13-19
According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from Aug. 13-19. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. HALE, DEBORAH MICHELLE 95 GLENDA […]
Municipal Court Docket Aug. 21
The following people are scheduled to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Municipal court is held at City Hall on Tombras Avenue and begins with traffic cases at 3 p.m. Michael Barhite – Bugrlary. Scott Demotts – Shoplifting (3). Joshua Lively – Possession Schedule II, Drug Paraphernalia, Tampering with Evidence. Brandon […]
City Changing Timing on Traffic Signals along Ringgold Road
East Ridge city officials announced Friday that timing on traffic signals along Ringgold Road will be adjusted to facilitate traffic flow. In a press release officials state that due to heavy congestion on Ringgold Road, the City of East Ridge has implemented a Time of Day Coordinated Traffic Signal Plan. The Plan includes all signalized […]
Candidates for Municipal Election Set
The candidates for the East Ridge Municipal Election are set, as qualifying deadline was Thursday at noon. Two council seats are open as well as the mayor’s position. For Mayor, City Councilman Brian Williams is asking voters to move up to run the council meetings. Williams is in the middle of a four-year term. Former […]
Police Briefs Aug. 14
_ 941 Spring Creek Rd.: Police were dispatched to Parkridge East hospital last week in reference to a theft. According to a police report, an officer spoke with a woman who said she was moving from the Budgetel on N. Mack Smith to 1511 Karwill Lane with the help of a friend. The woman told […]
East Ridge Housing Commission Remains Patient
Code enforcement officers with the City of East Ridge recently received an engineer’s report that a dilapidated property on Bennett Road, once ordered demolished by the city, can be salvaged. On Monday night, the East Ridge Housing Commission was informed by Michael Howell of the codes department that an engineer had signed off on a […]
Final Stretch of ‘Project 21’?
Had a chance encounter with an East Ridge resident early last week and we sat down and had a far-reaching conversation. We spoke of the upcoming Municipal Election, migrane headaches, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Greek literature, the old UTC library, Braves baseball, and the induction of Terrell Owens into the NFL Hall of […]
ERPD Arrests Aug. 6-12
According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from Aug. 6-12. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. FLEITAS, LAZARO ANDY 1629 SW […]
Municipal Court Docket for Aug. 14
The following people are scheduled to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on Tuesday, Aug. 14. Court is held at City Hall on Tombras Avenue and begins at 3 p.m. with traffic cases. Pierre Baccus – Assault on Police (2), Simple Possession Schedule VI, Criminal Trespass, Resisting. Michael Bradshaw – Aggravated Criminal Trespass. Robert Cole […]
Council Approves $100K in Spending to Beef up SWAT
On Thursday, the East Ridge City Council approved spending more than $100,000 on the city’s SWAT team to replace aging body armor and provide new firearms. Police Chief J.R. Reed said he will order 12 state-of-the-art tactical vests, 12 light-weight helmets and 13 rifles with accessories from GT Distributors as soon as possible at a […]
Young Facing Child Endangerment, Drug Charges
An investigation by East Ridge police and the TBI into alleged narcotics abuse by a Burr Street woman has led to the arrest of her boyfriend and the father of her child. Hamilton County Jail records show that Patrick Chad Young, 42, of 6503 Burr Street, was charged with Child Endangerment, Possession of Schedule VI […]
Police Briefs Aug. 7
_ 3222 Gleason Dr.: Police were dispatched to the Ridgeview Pointe Apartments on Monday evening in regard to several squatters in several of the vacant apartments. According to a police report, when officers arrived they located Pierre Baccus hiding behind a staircase in a breezeway. One of the officers recognized Baccus as a man he […]
Planning Commission Rejects Rezoning for Apartment Complex
The East Ridge Planning Commission denied the request of a local businessman to rezone property near the Bachman Tunnels so he could build an apartment complex. P.J. Patel with Shreenathji Properties proposed to build an 80-unit “high end” apartment complex on 4.8 acres at 1023 South Seminole Drive. He said the 1,100 square-foot apartments would […]
CM Miller Announces Retirement
On Friday, East Ridge City Manager Scott Miller announced that he would be retiring from his position this fall. In a letter dated Aug. 3, Miller informed the mayor and city council that he would step down effective Oct. 26. “After considerable thought and discussions with my family I have concluded that it is time […]
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