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You are here: Home / Crime News / Law and Order July 17

Law and Order July 17

July 17, 2026 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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

Day Shift July 16: A Squad

26-006721-3200 BLK Gleason Drive- Back EMS / Assault – Police responded to this address after a female began fighting EMS personnel. Patrol gained control of the female, but she continued to fight in the back of the ambulance. The female was transported to the hospital. Warrants for Assault on First Responder were obtained.

26-006726 – 4000 BLK Bennett Road – Aggressive Animal – Police responded to this location for a report of an aggressive German Shepherd that had trapped a juvenile on a trampoline. Police located the animal and its owner at a nearby residence. East Ridge Animal Services responded and took report of the incident.

26-006729-1500 BLK Joshua Drive -AOA/Warrant service – Police responded to this location at the request of Catoosa County Sheriff’s deputies. Catoosa initiated a traffic stop that ended in East Ridge jurisdiction. The male had warrants out of sessions.

26-006736 – 800 BLK Belvoir Avenue – Well Being Check – Police responded to this location in reference to a concerned citizen who had located an elderly male that did not know his way home. Officers were able to identify the male. An APS report was completed due to the man getting lost on walks multiple times over three weeks. He was returned and his caregiver responded.

Night Shift July 16: C Squad

26-006744 – 5300 BLK Lazard Street – Aggressive Animal – Police were dispatched after a dog bit a man. The man transported himself to the hospital, and his son in law stayed on scene with the animal. ERAS advised the dog would have to be quarantined at home for 10 days.

26-006748 – 601 Justice Way – Warrant Service – Police verified a warrant for a man after Chattanooga police contacted him. The party was taken into custody by CPD and was transported to jail.

26-006749 – 900 BLK Spring Creek Road – Disorder – Police were dispatched after hospital security requested two males who were causing a verbal disorder to be trespassed. ERPD contacted the males and informed them of the trespass. They understood and were sent on their way.

26-006750 – 3200 BLK Gleason Drive- Warrant Service – Police attempted to contact a party at the above address to serve a warrant for Assault on a First Responder. The occupants stated that the wanted subject was still at the hospital and that they did not know when she would return.

26-006753 – 100 BLK Atomic Ridge – Unconscious Person – Police were dispatched to the above address regarding an unresponsive male who was found slumped over in the bathroom. Upon arrival, police observed the male to be unresponsive and administered sternum rubs, after which he became responsive, opened his eyes, and was able to sit up. The scene was then turned over to EMS personnel.

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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