East Ridge police responded to a home on South Terrace Thursday afternoon in reference to a burglary.
According to a police report, the officer spoke with the homeowner who was finishing up cleaning out the house after having sold it. When he went inside the house in the 4300 block of the Terrace, he noticed that someone had entered the house, gone through the cabinets, took a look up in the attic and left the house in disarray.
The homeowner told police that he went into the bathroom and saw that the toilet had been stolen. The report states that he looked outside the bathroom window and found where several items were laying on the ground underneath a window on the back side of the house.
The value of the toilet was estimated at $150. There are no suspects at this time, the report states.
_ 4201 Ringgold Rd.: Police went to Crosspaths at East Ridge Church on Tuesday in reference to theft of Freon and damage to air conditioning units.
According to a report, police spoke with a woman at the church who said that earlier in the month church officials discovered air conditioning units to the building had been damaged. When repairmen came out they told church officials that three units had been damaged because someone had removed the Freon.
The cost of repair to the three units is estimated to be about $3,700. Police told church officials that they need to report any incident immediately so as to create additional patrols and to make officers aware of criminal acts.
Records show that a number of churches and businesses in the city have fallen victim to thieves stealing coolant from air conditioning units.
_ 1203 Blocker Lane: Police were dispatched to the address Tuesday on a suspicious vehicles on the property.
According to a police report, the complainant told dispatch that they saw people going back and forth between a Jeep Cherokee and a Dodge minivan.
When police arrived they saw the minivan had a “blown” left front tire. According to the report, while the officer was on the scene he saw a Jeep Cherokee traveling southbound on Blocker Lane approaching the parking lot with its turn signal on. The Jeep continued down Blocker without turning. Police caught up to the vehicle and conducted an “investigatory traffic stop,” the report states.
Five people were inside the Jeep, the report states. One of those people told police that the minivan belonged to them.
The driver of the Jeep, Traci Boyd, had an active warrant out of Hamilton County, the report states. Two others, Kristy Davis and James Davis, had active warrants out of East Ridge. All three parties were taken into custody for the warrants, the report states.
The remaining two people did not have valid driver’s licenses, therefore the vehicle was towed in order to be removed from the roadway.
