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You are here: Home / Crime News / Law and Order Oct. 21

Law and Order Oct. 21

October 21, 2026 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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

Day Shift October 20: Bravo Team

26-010091-1400 BLK Mack Smith Road-Suspicious Vehicle – Management requested police remove a male party from the property who was staying in an older model RV. He agreed to move along without issue.

26-010096-200 BLK Eads Street- Domestic Disorder – A man reported to police that his girlfriend had taken his keys from him and was refusing to return them. Patrol spoke with both parties, and the disorder was determined to be only verbal in nature. Police stood by while the man gathered his essential belongings and vacated the apartment.

26-010107 – 1500 BLK Tombras Ave – Petition to Revoke – A man was taken into custody for a petition to revoke.

Night Shift October 20: Delta Team

26-010121 – 200 BLK Eads Street – Mental Health

The caller reported that her ex-husband was hacking her phone and bank accounts. Police performed a well-being check on the woman.

26-010123 – 700 BLK Dunlap Avenue – Psychiatric Emergency – Officers responded to the above address for a report of a woman knocking on the door attempting to trick-or-treat. Officers contacted the female and quickly determined she was having a mental health crisis. Hamilton County EMS responded and transported the female to an area hospital. Officers stood by at the hospital until the female was calm enough for treatment.

26-010124 – 1400 BLK Saint Thomas Street – Suspicious Activity – The night clerk requested additional patrols for suspicious activity after observing excessive foot traffic on the property.

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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