Law and Order June 12

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

Day Shift June 11

No Case Number-Mcbrien Road/Ringgold Road-Traffic Stop, Warrant Arrest – Following a traffic stop at the listed location, a man was taken into custody on three outstanding warrants out of general Sessions Court. He was also issued two citations for driving without a license, and for suspended registration.

25-006172 – 900 BLK Spring Creek Road- MVC No Injuries – Assist Other – Following the motor vehicle crash, police took a woman into custody for a warrant from General Session Court. She was transported to the Hamilton County Jail.

25-006185 – 300 BLK Dunlap Ave – Evading/ Criminal Impersonation – Police observed a vehicle in the parking lot occupied by multiple individuals. Upon speaking to the driver, he could not remember his identification. He was found in possession of drug paraphernalia, and subsequently attempted to flee. He was found to have seventeen warrants out of Hamilton County and two out of Collegedale. He was taken into custody and charged with Criminal impersonation, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Evading Arrest.

Night Shift June 11

25-006203 – 4214 Ringgold Rd- MVC No Injuries – Warrant service – A man was served an East Ridge warrant while in custody at the jail. The warrant was for Indecent Exposure.

25-006206 – 4200 BLK Ringgold Rd – Suspicious person – A man was observed sleeping on the sidewalk. The party was checked for warrants and had nonextraditable charges out of Kansas, Ohio, and Oklahoma. He was sent on his way.

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.