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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / Police Briefs for Jan. 10

Police Briefs for Jan. 10

January 10, 2020 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

The following information was compiled from ERPD “pass along” reports.

Jan 8 Day Shift

3400 Gail Drive (arrest):

Pedro Garcia Gonzalez was arrested for driving on revoked for DUI at this location.

1033 Le Clercq Drive (Theft):

The resident reported that a package was stolen from her front porch after Amazon emailed her that the package arrived on 01/07/2020 at 1809 hours. The victim checked her porch this morning, and the package was gone. The package contained two orthopedic flip flops valued at $119.

4919 Court Drive (suspicious activity):

Police were dispatched to the East Ridge Presbyterian Church regarding a white male wearing a backpack walking through the area. He was gone prior to arrival.

822 Belvoir Terrace:

Police responded to a suspected disorder and made contact witha female subject and her husband. The wife was acting strangely and wanting to go to Los Angeles to marry someone. The husband had been trying to keep her in the home. Police encouraged her to go to the hospital for an evaluation, and she was taken to Memorial Hospital by a friend. This address is an Airbnb, and the couple will be leaving in about a week. 

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Night Shift

6018 Ringgold Rd (DUI):

Jaizon Xander was arrested for driving under the influence following a traffic stop at this location.

4338 Ringgold Rd (Well Being Check):

Police observed a white male sitting on the sidewalk with several bags near the Pizza Hut restaurant.  The white male was identified as Andrew M., a local homeless man.  Andrew was provided information on local resources in the Chattanooga area.  Field interview completed.

5736 Ringgold Road (Well Being Check):

Police observed a white male sleeping in front of Blanca’s Appliances and Furniture Store.  Police woke up the individual and determined that he was Daniel L., a local homeless party.  Daniel agreed to leave the area.  Field interview completed.

5308 Marion Ave (noise):

RP called in stating dogs at this address were barking. RP stated there is a doggy door and the dogs do as they please. Police did not hear any dogs barking.

5080 South Terrace (suspicious person):

The manager called in stating a black male went into the business asking weird questions and tried to walk around. Due to theaters being robbed lately he asked police to patrol the area during hours they were closing.

6700 Ringgold Rd (noise):

RP called in stating they heard construction noise and it was keeping them up. They wanted police to ask the construction crew to stop for the night. The construction site is in Georgia.

S Germantown/Claremont (Suspicious Person/Warrant Service):

Forrest Willing was arrested on multiple East Ridge warrants following a suspicious persons call in the area. 

Filed Under: 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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