ERPD Arrests March 19-22

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from March 19-22. 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, March 19

PEREZ, EVONNE JEANETTE
621 DEER TRL. NW DALTON, 30721
Age at Arrest: 31 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DUI
VIOLATING IMPLIED CONSENT LAW (BOATING)
CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION

PUTMAN, DARRYL LAMONT
751 RUNYAN DRIVE CHATTANOOGA, 37405
Age at Arrest: 28 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
RESISTING, STOP, HALT FRISK

Friday, March 20

CONNAR, MELISSA DAWN
MOTEL 6 505 BRAINDER RD CHATTANOOGA, 37421
Age at Arrest: 46 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: FORGERY
DRIVING ON REVOKED, SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED LICENSE
CRIMINAL SIMULATION

Saturday, March 21

None

Sunday, March 22

ROGERS, APRIL M
808 KIPPLEY ST MEMPHIS, 38112
Age at Arrest: 32 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: VANDALISM/MALICIOUS MISCHIEF

SMITH, MARVIN LESTER
CHATTANOOGA, 37409
Age at Arrest: 31 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: POSS OF DRUG PARA
SIMPLE POSSESSION

VICENTE-VICENTE, MELVIN FRANCIS
3628 HELEN LANE APT B EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 28 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT
IMPLLIED CONSENT
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

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.