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You are here: Home / Crime News / Arrest Reports / ERPD Arrests March 16-18

ERPD Arrests March 16-18

March 19, 2026 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from March 16-18. 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.

Monday, March 16

KARKULENKO, HANNAH FRANCES ROMA
9978 MOONLIGHT TRL SODDY DAISY, 37379
Age at Arrest: 29 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

SIMPSON, LOUIS JEROME
507 LAKEVIEW DRIVE ROSSVILLE, 30741
Age at Arrest: 51 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II NARCOTICS
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
POSSESSION OF METH (SELL, DEL. OR MANUFACTURING)
POSSESSION OF FENTANYL
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING A DANGEROUS FELONY

Tuesday, March 17

HARDEMAN, KRISTOPHER WESLEY
1672 SEMICIRCLE , 37376
Age at Arrest: 47 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: VANDALISM/MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
SEXUAL BATTERY

NOWLIN, MICHAEL BRIAN
9436 BETTIS ESTATES HOMELESS HARRISON, 37341
Age at Arrest: 51 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Wednesday, March 18

CHILDS, FAITH ALYSSA
1649 DODDS AVE CHATTANOOGA, 37406
Age at Arrest: 18 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: VIOLATION OF CONDITIONS OF RELEASE

SWANSON, ALEXANDRIA NICOLE
56 MELISSA DR RINGGOLD, 30736
Age at Arrest: 33 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE
POSSESSION OF SCH II (METH)

Filed Under: Arrest Reports, FEATURED POSTS, News, SLIDER

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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