Law and Order Nov. 10

The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department.

Day Shift November 9: Alpha Team

26-010786 – 6500 BLK Ringgold Road – Delayed Disorder -A caller reported a male and female were involved in an argument in front of the gas station when the male dragged the female into a black SUV. The SUV then went east on Ringgold Road with the female’s legs sticking out of the open front passenger door. The female was heard screaming “You’re not going to kill me this way.” The caller could not provide a description of either party or the vehicle they left in. A request for security camera footage has been sent to management.

26-010808- 5300 BLK Greenbriar Road- Well-Being Check – Homeland Security called to advise a party had posted a picture on social media pointing a pistol at the driver of a truck. The caption on the picture stated, “1 like and I shoot this guy.” Police contacted the suspect and the victim. Both stated it was a prank, and they did not mean anything by it. A miscellaneous report was completed for documentation purposes.

Night Shift November 9: Bravo Team

26-010823 – 6000 BLK Graston Avenue – Domestic Assault/Arrest – Officers responded to a reported domestic assault. During the investigation, it was discovered that a woman assaulted a man in the process of attempting to slash a vehicle’s tires with scissors. A witness corroborated the incident, and the suspect was taken into custody for Domestic Assault.

26-010817 – 1600 BLK Keeble Street – Distress Alarm – Officers responded to the above address regarding a distress alarm. Officers contacted the party responsible who stated he accidentally set off his alarm.

26-010815 – 900 BLK Spring Creek Road- Suspicious Person – Officers spoke with a party after receiving a call that there was a female, possibly intoxicated, walking down the road. The woman requested to be taken to a motel on Brainerd Road.

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.

Law and Order Nov. 10

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