ERPD Arrests Sept. 29-Oct. 1

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from September 29-October 1. 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, September 29

ALFORD, ALEXANDER BENJAMIN
3537 SHELBY CIRCLE CHATTANOOGA, 37412
Age at Arrest: 33 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT
VIOLATION OF ORDER OF PROTECTION
UNL. CARRYING OR POSSESSING WEAPON

MCELHANEY, STEPHANIE JEAN
3922 BENNETT ROAD EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 34 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: SHOPLIFTING (UNDER $1000)

Tuesday, September 30

LINK, ERIC JAMES
1430 WALSTON AVENUE DALTON, 30720
Age at Arrest: 18 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: FUGITIVE (ARREST FOR CRIME IN ANOTHER STATE)

MISTRI, NIKITA ALPESH
17 BATTLE FIELD COURT RINGGOLD, 30736
Age at Arrest: 42 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DOMESTIC ASSAULT

PATEL, PARESHKUMAR
6700 RINGGOLD RD EAST RIDGE
Age at Arrest: 41 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DOMESTIC ASSAULT

PAXTOR-VASQUEZ, RUDY ANASTACIO
3903 WELDONDR EAST RIDGE, 37412
Age at Arrest: 50 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

WOODS, ZACHERY RYAN
1032 S SEMIOLE DR CHATTANOOGA, 37412
Age at Arrest: 38 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: FALSE REPORTS

Wednesday, October 1

AGUILAR DIAZ, BRAINER ALEXANDER
4333 SPRIGGS ST CHATTANOOGA, 37412
Age at Arrest: 21 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Charges: FORFEITURE CAPIAS (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.