Reward Offered for Stolen Generator

An East Ridge man is offering a reward to anyone who can find his stolen generator.

Jim Winters, a former police officer for the East Ridge Police Department, said his Yamaha generator was stolen from the bed of his pickup truck parked in the driveway of his home on November 24. Winters said the thief used bolt cutters to cut a heavy chain that was used to secure the generator inside the pickup. The suspect left the bolt cutters behind during the incident.

Winters, who continues to serve the city as the Chairman of the East Ridge Housing Commission, said that he has received little help from the ERPD in regard to the case. So, Winters is offering a $500 reward to anyone who can return the stolen piece of equipment. The generator has a serial number of 7RG220719. Winters can be reached at 423-698-5050.

Click the link below to view photos of the stolen generator.

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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.