Two Charged after SWAT Call-Out

East Ridge police charged two people with Assault on Police, Saturday afternoon, after a domestic disorder call went wrong.

According to a department press release, police responded to 5308 Lazard St. and met with Seth and Stormy Duff, both 18. Ms. Duff was detained for Disorderly Conduct. Mr. Duff threatened to shoot officers before running back inside the house.

Police determined that Mr. Duff was not alone inside the house, as it was learned that the Duff’s infant son and Mr. Duff’s grandmother were inside. Officers established a perimeter around the dwelling and called in the SWAT Team. Police successfully negotiated the release of the grandmother and child before Mr. Duff surrendered without incident.

In addition to the charge of Assault on Police, Mr. Duff was also charged with Resisting Arrest. Ms. Duff, according to the press release, was charged with Assault on Police, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct.

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.