CRIME & SAFETY

A Tennessee man goes to Burger King and orders a burger combo that should have cost around $10. He posts a TikTok video about something strange charged to his card for $25 from a tea company and shares what he thinks happened after talking to Burger King management.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Three children and three adults are looking for a temporary place to stay after a dryer fire heavily damaged their home in the Alton Park neighborhood Thursday morning. No one was hurt. The Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD) says the fire broke out late Thursday morning on...

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — Above video: Your Thursday headlines. Authorities in Georgia need your help finding a missing teenage girl. Duchealla Renee McCoy, 16, was last seen Tuesday in Walker County at Ridgeland High School. She goes by her middle name Renee. Renee is described as 5 feet 2...

The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department. 23-006375 – 3600 BLK Bennett Rd – Lost Property – The reporting party advised her city garbage can was missing and needed to make a report to receive a new one. 23-006376 – 10 BLK Franklin...

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from May 22-24. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department. 23-006262- 1400 BLK Saint Thomas Street- Disorder- The caller advised a former employee was refusing to leave the property. On scene police contacted the business owner. He stated that he wanted his former employee trespassed from the property. 23-006264-...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Erlanger Health System recognized members of the East Ridge Fire Department and Police Department on Thursday. A ceremony was held at the hospital in Chattanooga. Local government officials, public safety administrators and Erlanger staff attended. Some members of the public did as well. They awarded...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Today marks one year since 19 students and 2 teachers were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Kevin Thomas of K-T Security Solutions in Cullman, Alabama, which is just about 100 miles from Chattanooga, was driving home last year when he heard about the Uvalde shooting.

Parents of Covenant School students were in court Monday, asking that documents related to the shooting in March not be released. The Tennessee Firearms Association, The Tennessean newspaper and state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, the Chattanooga Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, are suing to make the assailant’s writings public.

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — The search for a missing camper at Harrison Bay State Park in Hamilton County was called off after he was found safe. A Harrison Bay State Park Ranger tells NewsChannel9 a group of local teens were camping when one of them went an accounted for about 11:30 Wednesday night.

A second suspect in the alleged rape of a college student visiting Nashville has been arrested. Trevor Casteel and Joseph Farmer are facing charges in the attack.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — First responders in Tennessee are now training on how to respond to overdoses involving an increasingly popular drug that can be deadly. Xylazine, commonly known as 'tranq,' is an animal tranquilizer and is sometimes mixed with fentanyl. The emergency medicine Narcan is now widely popular and...

From Local 3 News: The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash on Saturday that killed one adult and a juvenile. Just before 3:30 a.m. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office personnel were dispatched to the 10200 block of Birchwood Pike on a single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Hamilton County’s Criminal Warrants Unit arrested a man last week for distributing narcotics. Police say they arrested Patrick Lamar Tory Jr. on May 15 at a motel. This was at 7324 Shallowford Road. There, officers found 25 grams of fentanyl, drug paraphernalia, a...

CHATTANOOOGA, Tenn. — UPDATE:. Chattanooga Police have provided more details about an incident where a man was shot outside of a Chattanooga bar Friday morning. They now say the still-unidentified victim was shot to death. The CPD release also says a second gunshot victim from this incident showed up...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC) — With more states legalizing marijuana, new questions are sparking a debate about the drug that remains illegal in Tennessee. "This is a tricky issue for us in criminal justice," Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp said. "We have all these different types of THC and...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two Chattanooga firefighters have been honored for their heroic actions in the past year, after they were among the first first responders on the scenes of 2 recent tragedies. ZACK TRIMBOLI (Ladder 19 Red Shift) Firefighter Zack Trimboli got a life-saving award from the Chattanooga Police...

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – A woman says her newly replaced fire alarm batteries saved her home. Carrie Harris asked Chattanooga firefighters to replace the batteries for her home alarms in Woodmore. And she added two new one’s outside her kitchen. Just two days later, a candle got out of...

Last week, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics and Special Investigations Detectives concluded an investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl when they executed a search warrant at 7915 Loftis Lane. Loftis Lane is approximately 200 feet from Middle Valley Elementary School which is located at 1609 Thrasher Pike.

MIDDLE VALLEY, Tennessee (WDEF) – Hamilton County Narcotics officers say they raided a drug house last week that was just down the street from Middle Valley Elementary School. They served a search warrant at a home at 7915 Loftis Lane. Officials say they got the suspect they were looking...