Law and Order Aug. 26

Home Invasion Reported on Dugan Street

The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department.

Day Shift August 25: B Squad

26-008168- 1000 BLK South Seminole Drive- Miscellaneous – Due to residents at both addresses removing the electrical boxes and the properties not having running water, East Ridge codes responded and advised all residents that they were no longer permitted to reside or stay overnight on the properties. EPB also responded and disconnected power to both properties.

26-008171- 3600 BLK Ringgold Road- Back EMS – Police responded to assist EMS with a party lying in the grass who stated he had used fentanyl but believed he may have taken acid. EMS transported the party for further evaluation.

Night Shift August 25: D Squad

26-008176 – 2100 BLK Dugan Street – Home Invasion – ERPD Officers responded to the address above for a burglary in progress that was upgraded to a home invasion while officers were on route. ERPD was advised that the female was not safe. Officers noticed forced entry into the residence, kicked the door in, and quickly took the offender into custody. The female resident and her juvenile son did not sustain any injuries. He was interviewed by the arresting officer before being transported to Hamilton County Detention Facility.

26-008186 – 900 BLK Belvoir Avenue – GPS/Ankle Monitor – ERPD received a call regarding an individual whose ankle monitor had died and wished a check to ensure they were at the residence. The officer made visual contact with the individual, who was found asleep. The monitor’s battery had died resulting in an alert.

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.