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You are here: Home / Crime News / Law and Order Sept. 14

Law and Order Sept. 14

September 14, 2026 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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

Day Shift September 13: B Squad

26-008864 – 1300 BLK Adonna Lane – Aggravated Domestic Assault – A concerned neighbor reported observing a male and female outside arguing and pushing each other and blood on their front door. A woman was arrested for aggravated domestic assault after brandishing a kitchen knife at her boyfriend during the argument. The boyfriend was taken into custody for possession of burnt meth after it was located on his person during the investigation.

26-008865 – 1900 BLK Schmidt Road – DUI – Police responded to the corner of Schmidt Road and Lazard Street after a concerned citizen reported a female in a white Chevy Suburban appearing to experience a seizure. On scene, police discovered her actively inhaling computer duster cleaner in the driver’s seat of her vehicle. She was cleared by ERFD and taken into custody for DUI and Inhalants for Unlawful Purposes.

Night Shift September 13: D Squad

26-008871 – 4200 BLK Belvoir Drive – Disorder – Officers responded to the above address after the resident found her granddaughter’s ex-boyfriend hiding in the bathroom of her home. The man fled before the police arrived. Officers sought a warrant for Aggravated Criminal Trespass.

26-008875 – 5800 BLK Clover Street – Burglary in Progress – Officers responded to the address listed above after two separate reports of a burglary in progress. Both times, officers found no signs that someone had attempted to enter the residence. The second time officers were dispatched, they spoke with the reporting party’s wife, who reported that her husband had been suffering from mental health issues, and this was not the first time he had called 911 after believing someone was attempting to break into their home.

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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