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You are here: Home / Crime News / Law and Order Aug. 13

Law and Order Aug. 13

August 13, 2026 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department.

Day Shift August 12: A Squad

26-007701 – 800 BLK Belvoir Hills Drive – Wires Down – Police responded to Fountain and Belvoir Hills where a wire was observed crossing the roadway. EPB was notified, and ERFD coiled the loose wire near the utility pole before departing from the scene.

26-007702 – 700 BLK Germantown Circle – Deceptive Practice – A female stated an unknown person charged a DoorDash Pass to her account. DoorDash could not confirm which account the money was sent to, but it did not match either account she uses.

26-007705- 600 BLK South Moore Road- Deceptive Practice/Fraud – The reporting party reported contacted what he thought was McAffee tech support via a number on his screen after his computer showed it had a virus. A “Ryan Wilson” told him he needed access to his computer and proceeded to open the victim’s bank info on the computer. “Wilson” then proceeded to wire $9650 to and account. A fraud report is on file.

Night Shift August 12: C Squad

26-007724 – 3600 BLK Missionaire Avenue – Disorder – Officers were dispatched to the above after two juvenile females were arguing over lululemon shorts. One female refused to return the shorts to the other. After some convincing the items were returned.

26-007725 – 6000 BLK Wentworth Avenue – Suicide threats – A party called in stating that a person has been posting and saying concerning things online. Officers spoke with the resident who claimed he was ok just off his medication. He agreed to voluntarily being seen by and doctor.

26-007716 – 200 BLK Eads Street – Disorder Prevention – A man requested police to stand by while he picked up his daughter from the child’s mother at the complex. He stated he was unfamiliar with the area. He was advised to conduct future child exchanges at the PD for safety.

 

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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