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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / Dec. 4 Police Briefs

Dec. 4 Police Briefs

December 4, 2019 By Dick Cook 0 Comments

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

Dec. 3 Day Shift

1510 Garner Street (suspicious person):

Police responded to this location regarding a possible prowler. The caller observed a male party walking near the residence before leaving for work. Police were unable to locate anyone.

6304 Brack Street (alarm):

Police responded with Fire to a fire alarm at this residence due to an unsecured window. East Ridge Fire was able to clear the alarm by accessing the window. 

6501 Ringgold Road (intoxicated party):

Police were dispatched to BB&T bank regarding an intoxicated person walking on Mack Smith. The party was gone prior to police arrival.

6519 Ringgold Road (theft):

Police responded to the Mapco regarding a theft after a white female exited the store with a chicken sandwich without paying for it. Mapco wishes to prosecute upon identification.

4334 Ringgold Road (deceptive practice):

Police responded to Regions Bank and spoke with the bank investigator. He stated a customer named Barbara W. last used her card to purchase fuel at the East Ridge Speedway on 11/04 which was then followed by multiple unauthorized transactions on the account amounting to a loss of nearly $3,500. The bank investigator believes a scanner was used at the Speedway pump.

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Night Shift

941 Spring Creek Rd. (assault):

Police were dispatched to this location (Park Ridge East Hospital), regarding a possible sexual assault. Upon arrival, police spoke with the reporting party concerning her uncle. At this time, the possible victim was sedated and unable to give a statement. Police advised the RP, the uncle would need to be awake and able to talk to us about  what happen, to determine if and assault did occur.

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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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