ERPD Arrests July 27-31

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from July 27-31. 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.

Sunday, July 27

None

Monday, July 28

One arrest; no charges given

Tuesday, July 29

NICHOLS, MARCUS ANTWION
5410 LEE AVE CHATTANOOGA, 37410
Age at Arrest: 46 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: VIOLATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
VIOLATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
VIOLATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION

WILSON, MORGAN TAYLOR
403 BELVOIR AVE CHATTANOOGA, 37411
Age at Arrest: 30 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: PETITION TO REVOKE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

Wednesday, July 30

GRIFFIN, DEIONTAE DEWAYNE
3912 BLANCHARD ST CHATTANOOGA, 37411
Age at Arrest: 30 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: THEFT OVER 10,000

Thursday, July 31

SUTHERLAND, BILLY JOE
5006 DELAWARE DR EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 54 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: POSSESSION OF METH (SELL, DEL. OR MANUFACTURING)
AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT
UNLAWFUL DRUG PARAPHERNALIA USES & ACTIVITES

WILSON, LESLIE MICHAEL
166 CUMMINGS ROAD TRION, 30753
Age at Arrest: 49 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: THEFT
THEFT

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.