Two Facing Drug, Weapons Charges After Search at Donaldson Road House

Two men are facing multiple drug and weapons charges after East Ridge Police executed a search warrant at their Donaldson Road home on Friday.

According to a press release, Koby Proctor and John Coulter were arrested subsequent to a search of a house at 883 Donaldson Rd. The warrant stemmed from several weeks of investigation following community complaints.

Proctor, 19, was charged with Possession of Schedule VI for Resale, Possession of Schedule I for Resale, Possession of Schedule IV for Resale, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was jailed on a $66,500 bond.

Coulter, 63, was charged with Possession of Schedule VI for Resale, Possession of Schedule I, Possession of Schedule IV, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was jailed on a $44,000 bond.

According to the press release, officers seized just under $20,000 in cash, almost three pounds of marijuana, 28.7 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, and 35 pressed Xanax pills.

Police also seized a shotgun, nine pistols. and three rifles

It was noted in the press release that the counterfeit Xanax pills seized represent a concerning trend in the community, as they often contain chemicals other than what are being sought by the end user and are commonly found to contain Fentanyl.

The department extended its thanks to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for its assistance in the arrests.

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.