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You are here: Home / Crime News / Police Briefs for March 19

Police Briefs for March 19

March 19, 2021 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along reports.”

March 17 Day Shift

6725 Ringgold Road (found property):

Randall P. found $823 cash wrapped in a rubber band lying in the parking lot in the area of the Family Dollar. Randall called police and turned over the money. (21-003601)

604 Bacon Trail  (aggravated domestic assault):

A woman called police after her boyfriend, DeMarcus Dillard, pointed a handgun at her and a friend and threatened to shoot both women. Dillard, who was under the influence of methamphetamine, was located in a back room. The handgun was located under a mattress. Dillard was arrested on several charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment along with active county warrants. Methamphetamine was found on Dillard at the county jail. (21-003567)

705 S. Moore Road (suspicious activity):

The caller reported receiving a door hanger on her door advising there was a package for her and to call a number to schedule delivery for it. According to the caller, she claimed she saw a news report on tv advising these were scams and to report it to the police. Upon checking the area police located a a man walking door-to-door. The man claimed he was with the Water Awareness Program, which is based out of 4143 Ringgold Rd, and he was attempting to set up appointments with residents to have their water checked. He stated if the residents agreed to a check of their water, they would then receive a $50 gift card. The man was not wearing a solicitor’s permit at the point of contact and was advised to contact city hall for requirements regarding door-to-door solicitation. (21-003586)

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  Night Shift

3029 Ringgold Road (Check Hazard) 21-003604-

Police were dispatched to the tunnels in regard to a mudslide and a tree blocking the road. Police shut down the roadway leading to the tunnels until TDOT could respond. TDOT shut the tunnels down until the morning for reassessment.

6300 Ringgold Road Krystal – domestic disorder 21-003607 –

A woman ran inside Krystal to get away from her boyfriend, an intoxicated Timothy Chambers, whom management had locked out of the store. Chambers was subsequently arrested for Reckless Endangerment, Domestic Assault, and Public Intoxication.

21-003608 1417 St. Thomas Street:

At the request of Motel 6 Management, Tyrone Handberry is not to be on the premises in the future.  Handberry was made aware of management’s decision.

6674 Ringgold Rd/Missing Adult (21-003613):

Reporting party in Minnesota called in stating her father is missing. She made a report in Minnesota. However, his credit card was used at multiple locations in Chattanooga. She believed one place was Hotel Chattanooga. No records of him staying at this location were found.

5301 Ringgold Rd/ Warrant service:

James Foster was arrested for Hamilton County warrants.

 

 

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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