ERPD Arrests Oct. 16-18

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

Thursday, October 16

None

Friday, October 17

JOHNSON, BRANDON
840 N GERMANTOWN RD CHATTANOOGA, 37411
Age at Arrest: 34 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DRIVING ON REVOKED, SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED LICENSE
RECKLESS DRIVING
FELONY EVADING ARREST

OATES, JANANI TABEAL
424 EDENCREST COURT ANTIOCH, 37013
Age at Arrest: 23 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: FORGERY
FORGERY
THEFT UNDER $1000
THEFT UNDER $1000

Saturday, October 18

MARTIN, NICHOLAS DANIEL
125 SUMMITT ST ROSSVILLE, 30741
Age at Arrest: 37 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DOMESTIC ASSAULT

SAMPLES, CALEB JACKSON
780 HIGHWAY 150 JASPER, 37347
Age at Arrest: 22 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

TEMPLETON, CHARLES ANTHONY
423 SOUTH SEMINOLE DRIVE EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 45 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.