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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / Police Briefs for Jan. 14

Police Briefs for Jan. 14

January 14, 2020 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

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

Day Shift

3611 Phelps Street (burglary):

The residence was forcibly entered today between 0700 hours and 1100 hours. There was visible damage to the front door deadbolt. A flat screen television, X Box 1, light green hover board and firestick were taken. CID responded to the scene. 

3825 Edwards Terrace (theft):

The resident ordered iPhone ear pods from Amazon for $175. Amazon shows the item delivered on 01/07, but they never arrived. Janow requested a report per Amazon.

409 Bluebird Circle (abuse):

A resident, who is a special needs adult, claimed that he was abused by his caregiver at his group home. APS was notified.

1610 Truman Avenue (auto burglary):

The resident reported that his vehicle was entered overnight and several tools were taken.

6813 Martha Avenue (fraud):

The resident signed up for a secret shopper program on Facebook and received a check with instructions on acquiring money orders at Walmart. The check was placed into P&E.

1500 Keeble Street (warrant service):

Roy Leroy was arrested on a Collegedale warrant following a traffic stop at this location.

4214 Ringgold Road (warrant service):

Nathaniel Frady was arrested on East Ridge warrants and taken to the Hamilton County Jail.

4338 Ringgold Road (auto burglary):

The resident stated his vehicle was entered and a Snap On electric wrench was stolen.

4150 Monroe Street (criminal simulation):

Walmart reported receiving five counterfeit twenty dollar bills, but does not know when the transaction occurred.

6831 Martha Avenue (found child):

The resident reported finding a two-to-three-year-old male child wandering by himself. Police made contact with the child’s mother, who was frantically looking for him. The boy had gotten out of the house through the doggy door.

1146 Chippewah Drive (sexual assault):

The complainant with CPS reported a delayed alleged sexual assault of a juvenile. This is an ongoing investigation with CPS.

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Night Shift

6513 Ringgold Rd. (suspicious person):

Police were flagged down by a citizen who wanted to report a suspicious male at the Waffle House. Police arrived; the male party was GOA. Employees also stated the male did not pay for his food.

5300 Ringgold Rd (open door):

A door was open in the vacant building where Southern Honda will be built. Building was cleared and door was shut. Southern Honda was notified by previous owner of the building.

1707 Adair Ave (Theft from Auto):

The resident reported that several items were taken out of her Buick Lucerne on the previous evening.  A GPS unit, headphones and a Pokemon backpack were among items stolen from the vehicle. 

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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