ERPD Arrests November 14-17

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from Nov. 14-17. 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.

Friday, Nov. 14

One arrest; no charges shown

Saturday, Nov. 15

BRAMBLE, DWAYNE PHILLIP
406 ROLLING ROAD DR FRANKLIN, 37343
Age at Arrest: 35 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: POSS. OF HANDGUN WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
SPEEDING
OPEN CONTAINER LAW
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT

Sunday, Nov. 16

SMITH, JACK ERNEST
205 GLADSTONE DRIVE RINGGOLD, 30736
Age at Arrest: 38 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION

Monday, Nov. 17

BRAVO-VICENTE, MANUEL
1509 FRUITLAND DR EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 18 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DOMESTIC ASSAULT

PORTILLO, JAIRO
1221 PARK ST CHATTANOOGA, 37340
Age at Arrest: 29 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE 55100401
OPEN CONTAINER LAW 55100416
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANE 55080123
DRIVING ON REVOKED, SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED LICENSE

THRASHER, HAYDEN LLOYRD
145 COFFMAN DR FT OGLETHORPE, 30742
Age at Arrest: 31 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT

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.