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You are here: Home / Crime News / Law and Order Oct. 15

Law and Order Oct. 15

October 15, 2026 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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

Day Shift October 14: Bravo Team

26-009914- 4000 BLK Wiley Avenue- Check-Well-Being – A credit card company reported a customer had made a threat to harm himself while on the phone with them. Police contacted party’s son at the address of record. He stated the subject was at work. ERPD asked the Chattanooga Police Department to respond to his place of employment for a wellness check.

Night Shift October 13: Delta Team

26-009922 – 1500 BLK Tombras Avenue – Suspicious Activity – Police conducted patrols of Pioneer Park after a caller reported children in the park after sunset. Patrol observed a combination of adults and juveniles present on the playground.

26-009926 – 300 BLK Camp Jordan Parkway – Fight – A passerby reported an active fight at Camp Jordan arena. Police observed seven juvenile males around the age of 16 who were sweating profusely. Officers also observed three pairs of red boxing gloves used for sparring. The juveniles were asked not to spar in the parking lot. Police remained on scene until the parents arrived.

26-009928 – 400 BLK South Lovell Avenue- Burglary – Officers responded to the above address in reference to a burglary. The victim reported a broken window and property, along with an unknown amount of cash and change, stolen. No suspect information or usable surveillance footage was immediately available. On-call CID responded, and charges are pending identification of the suspect.

26-009929 – 200 BLK Eads Street– Shots Fired – ERPD Officers responded to a shots-fired call at the above address. Upon arrival, officers were flagged down by the complainant, who stated they heard a single shot fired, a woman scream, before a gold sedan speed off. Officers were unable to identify any damage from an impacting round or any spent casings. The incident was documented.

Filed Under: Crime News, FEATURED POSTS, News

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.


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