ERPD Arrests August 14-16

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from August 14-16. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Thursday, August 14

MCKENZIE, PATTY JO
666 OSAGE DR SODDY DAISY, 37379
Age at Arrest: 42 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: THEFT OF PROPERTY
FAILURE TO APPEAR

Friday, August 15

COADA, JAYDON R
1083 SOUTHGATE MADDISONVILLE, 37354
Age at Arrest: 19 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DOMESTIC ASSAULT
FALSE IMPRISONMENT

PARKER, DEMETRICE JAMES
1909 SHARP STREET CHATTANOOGA, 37404
Age at Arrest: 26 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DRIVING ON REVOKED, SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED LICENSE

Saturday, August 16

GATES, SAMANTHA AUSTIN
103 PRINCESS LANE ROSSVILLE, 30741
Age at Arrest: 38 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

MUHAMMAD, ALIYAH JANAE
3623 FOUNTAIN AVE 45 EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 25 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DOMESTIC ASSAULT
ESCAPE

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.