ERPD Arrests Jan. 4-9

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from Jan. 4-9. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Sunday, Jan. 4

None

Monday, Jan. 5

DURHAM, BENJAMIN LEE
202 NIGHT ST RANSVILLE, 35986
Age at Arrest: 19 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: SEXUAL BATTERY
ASSAULT
PUBLIC INTOXICATION

Tuesday, Jan. 6

One arrest no charges given.

Wednesday, Jan. 7

ALEXANDER, ALICIA RENEE
3403 GAIL DR EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 38 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

SHYNE, HENRY LEE
723 SYLVAN AVE CHATTANOOGA, 37411
Age at Arrest: 43 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: 911 VIOLATION (IMPROPER USE)

Thursday, Jan. 8

BOMAR, JOHN MICHAEL
319 GARDNER CHATTANOOGA, 37407
Age at Arrest: 64 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: MISUSE OF 911

BUCKNER, TIFFANY LASHUNDA
2558 4TH AVE. CHATTANOOGA, 37404
Age at Arrest: 32 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
VANDALISM UNDER 1000

Friday, Jan. 9

None

Saturday, Jan. 10

REED, LONNIE DALE
HOMELESS CHATTANOOGA, 37312
Age at Arrest: 37 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: CRIMINAL TRESPASS

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.