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Police Briefs for March 6

March 6, 2017 By Dick Cook 0 Comments

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_ 3658 Ringgold Rd.: Police were dispatched to the End Zone, early Saturday morning, in reference to a disorder. According to a police report, officers arrived at about 2;45 a.m. and couldn’t get into the parking lot because of “the extreme high volume of vehicles.” Officers made their way toward the restaurant and saw about 1oo people in the parking lot refusing to leave the property. The report states that many of the people in the parking lot were “wearing attire commonly associated with local gangs.” Once police began advising people to leave and folks complied, officers went inside the bar in an attempt to clear the remaining 65 to 80 people inside the business, the report states. Once inside the bar, the report states that officers smelled the odor of burning marijuana and saw smoking paraphernalia throughout the bar. Police also saw small baggies commonly associated with narcotics sales scattered in the parking lot. The report states that officers assisted security in removing people from the property.

_ 912 Donaldson Rd.: Police were dispatched to the address just after midnight on Saturday in reference to a suspicious person. According to a police report, when the officer arrived, he made contact with 22-year-old Demetrius Crawford. Crawford matched the description given of a suspect accused of hitting a passing car. The report states that Crawford was unsteady on his feet, slurring his speech and generally uncooperative. The report states that Crawford stepped over to the police cruiser and refused to remove his hands from his pockets as the officer had requested. The report states that during a brief scuffle with the officer, the officer was surrounded by members of Crawford’s family who were “very upset and uncooperative.” Backup police officers arrived and Crawford was placed in handcuffs and into a patrol car. The report states that Crawford continued to resist and disobey officers at the Hamilton County Jail. The man, who was charged with Public Intoxication and Resisting Arrest, eventually had to be pepper sprayed. The report states that Crawford was so uncooperative that the was not able to attend his first appearance before a magistrate for his bond to be established. 

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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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