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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / Oct. 14 Police Briefs

Oct. 14 Police Briefs

October 14, 2020 By Dick Cook 0 Comments

The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along reports” provided by the administration.

10/11/2020 Day Shift

5611 Ringgold Road (citizen assist): police stood by while the fire department assisted in opening a vehicle after parents had accidentally locked their infant inside their car.

6710 Ringgold Road (vandalism): employees of the Best Western filed a report after a customer vandalized a room overnight as a result of what they believe was a fight. The hotel will be resolving the matter by billing the customer’s credit card.

10/11/2020 Night Shift

915 South Seminole Drive Apt. 45- Open Door- 20-013592- RP reported her neighbors’ door was left open and all the lights were off. Officers checked the apartment and shut the door.

1417 St. Thomas St (Bleeding): 15-year-old juvenile male transported to TC Thompson after punching/breaking a window at the Motel 6. (20-013595)

702 Marlboro Ave/ PI (20-013591): Police arrested Scott Austin for public intoxication after he caused a disorder with his father at the East Ridge Police department.

1417 St Thomas St/ Disorder: Police were called to the Motel 6 for a white male outside the building cursing and throwing an ashtray. The male was located and identified as Michael M. The man was checked for warrants and sent on his way.

1503 McDonald Road- Child Abuse/ Overdose- 20-013594– Police were called to Parkridge East Hospital for a kidnapping call. Bynom Williams was brought into the hospital by some friends after he overdosed in the motel room. They then left with his seven-year-old child. After a thorough investigation by patrol and CID, it was determined that the juvenile was returned home by another friend. Warrants have been issued against Williams for child abuse.

4222 Ringgold Road- DUI- William Maddox was arrested for DUI.

 

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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