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Law and Order October 2

October 2, 2025 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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

Day Shift October 1 : B Squad

No Number- 500 BLK East View Drive- Warrant Service – Police assisted Chattanooga PD with a warrant service at this location initially believing it to be East Ridge jurisdiction. Police remained on scene as backup until Baker Team units arrived.

25-010386-900 BLK Spring Creek Road-Mentally Disturbed – Police and EMS responded on a report of a patient having a psychiatric emergency. Neither Police nor EMS observed any indicators that she was having a mental health crisis or was under the influence. The party was sent on her way without issue.

25-010388 – 6500 BLK Ringgold Road– Disorder – Police responded to the above address to assist the hotel staff with removing guests. The guests were identified and provided with proximity restrictions.

25-010391 – Oakdale at McBrien – Traffic Stop – Arrest – Following a traffic stop, police took a man into custody on a Collegedale warrant.

Night Shift October 1: D Squad

25-010395 – 3600 BLK Shirl Jo Lane – Domestic Assault – Officers responded to the above address for a report of a domestic assault. A party was arrested for two counts of aggravated assault after he brandished a hammer and threatened his daughter and her boyfriend.

25-010400 – 4214 Ringgold Road – Warrant Service – A man was in custody at the Hamilton County Jail when he was served two East Ridge warrants for Forfeiture Capias for Public Intoxication and Simple Possession of Marijuana.

25-010408-323 Camp Jordan Parkway- Traffic Stop/ Arrest – Police observed a vehicle bearing an expired license plate. The officer conducted a records check of the driver’s license and found he was revoked for DUI. He was taken into custody and transported to the Hamilton County Jail without further incident.

25-010409- 1400 BLK Mack Smith Road- Suspicious vehicle – Police were dispatched in reference to a white Ford Taurus being parked around the rear of the hotel with a male sleeping inside. Police contacted the occupant who stated he was homeless. He gave consent for officers to search the vehicle, and nothing was found. The party was advised that he was trespassed from this location.

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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