ERPD Arrests August 6-9

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from August 6-9. 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.

Wednesday, August 6

FITZGERALD, CONNOR SCOTT
2448 N PYOR CIRCLE CHATTANOOGA, 37421
Age at Arrest: 25 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DOMESTIC ASSAULT
IMPLIED CONSENT
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Thursday, August 7

One arrest; no charges given.

Friday, August 8

BELL, TERRY SHANE
105 TACOA AVE CHATTANOOGA, 37411
Age at Arrest: 50 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: FELONY EVADING ARREST
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT

LEPARD, TIFFANY F
110 ROBERT E LEE ST FORT OGLETHORPE, 30742
Age at Arrest: 43 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

PEDEN, BRIAN CRAIG
3861 TUNNEL HILL ROAD SW CLEVELAND, 37311
Age at Arrest: 40 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: ASSAULT AGAINST NURSE

REEVES, ERIC LEBRON
585 CAMPBELL RD TUNNEL HILL, 30755
Age at Arrest: 52 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA 39170425
TINTED WINDOWS VIOLATION 55090107
POSSESSION OF METH (SELL, DEL. OR MANUFACTURING)

Saturday, August 9

MORGAN, MERCEDES DOMINIQUE
3211 HOYT ST CHATTANOOGA, 37411
Age at Arrest: 32 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: VIOLATION OF PROBATION (THEFT OF IDENTITY)
VIOLATION OF PROBATION (FORGERY)

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.