_ 3657 Ringgold Rd: An officer on patrol on Saturday evening arrested a man for Possession of Methamphetamine after the man ran during a welfare check. According to a police report, the officer spotted Randy Ellis Harris walk from the Cascades Motel to the Family Dollar then immediately exit the store. Harris then crossed Ringgold Road to Little Caesars where the officer got out of his patrol car and made contact with the man. The report states the officer asked Harris if he was OK, to which he replied that he was. The report states the man then turned to the officer and threw a bottle at him and began running. The officer chased Harris across Ringgold Road to Food City where according to the report, Harris threw his backpack at the officer.
The officer apprehended Harris and he was searched. Police found a small clear plastic bag in the man’s pocket that Harris later admitted to be methamphetamine. When the officer collected Harris’ other belongings that were discarded during the chase, he found another baggie of meth. The total amount of meth allegedly in Harris’ possession came out to 1.9 grams.
Harris, 37, of a Hixson Avenue address, was booked into the Hamilton County Jail on charges of Possession of Methamphetamine, Resisting Arrest and Assault on Police. It is unclear when Harris is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court.
_ 2014 Schmidt Rd.: Police were dispatched to the address Saturday morning on a suspicious person call. According to a police report, the officer spoke to the homeowner who lives across the street and is in the process of renovating this residence to rent out. The owner said he saw a man sitting on the front porch of the house and there was a red Ford Focus parked in the back yard. The officer went to the back yard and noticed the gate to a fence was open and slightly bent. The homeowner told police that the gate was closed prior to him leaving last night. The report states that police cleared the house. In the process they noticed all the kitchen cabinets in the house were open. The homeowner told police they were all closed when he left.
The report states that police spoke with the man on the front porch, later identified as Michael Nicely. Nicely told police he was just sitting on the porch and never went inside the house. He also said that he had never seen the Ford in the backyard before. When police searched Nicely they found 1.2 grams of suspected pot in a cigarette pack in his pocket. Police also recovered keys that started the Ford and opened a deadbolt lock at the residence. The report states that the homeowner told police that the key to the deadbolt was inside the residence in the deadbolt of the side door, only accessible from inside the house. The Ford, the report states, was not reported stolen.
Nicely, 39, of a Seminole Lane address in Ringgold, Ga., was taken to the Hamilton County Jail and charged with Aggravated Burglary and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
