_ 5302 Rose St.: Police were called to the address early Friday morning on a noise complaint. According to a police report, once on the scene an officer made contact with the resident, Christopher Salgado, who was underneath a carport with another man. When the officer asked if they had been playing loud music, Salgado said that he might have. The report states that the men were asked to keep the music down in accordance with city noise ordinances. 

Christopher Salgado

The report states that after the men went back into the house, the responding officer checked Salgado’s information on a law enforcement data base. It was discovered that Salgado had an outstanding warrant in East Ridge for failing to appear in court on a drug charge. The report states that it took a while but Salgado finally came out of the residence and was taken into custody without incident. Salgado, 30, was charged with Failure to Appear. He is being held in the Hamilton County Jail without bond and is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on May 16. Records show that Salgado was arrested in March 2016 by East Ridge police and charged with Possession of Marijuana for Resale.

_ 5729 Ringgold Rd.: Police were dispatched to the address on Wednesday morning in regard to a suspicious vehicle. According to a police report, when an officer arrived he spoke with the owner of S&T Signs, who said that the yellow vehicle had been parked on his rear parking lot since Tuesday afternoon. Police checked the registration on the 2004 Chevy Cavalier and discovered it had been reported stolen in Chattanooga on Tuesday after a violent assault.

The Chattanooga Police Department had issued warrants on the suspect, Dustin Raines, for Aggravated Assault and Theft over $10,000. The report states that CPD told ERPD officers to release the vehicle to its owner.

The report states that police spoke with employees of neighboring stores who told them that the car had entered the lot at a high rate of speed. The driver was described as a white male wearing a mask and gloves. Another man told officers that the suspect was slender, in his twenties, had a shaved head, tattoos on his arms and a circular tattoo on the back of his head. The witness told police that the suspect appeared to be handling a tarp around the trunk of the vehicle while wearing the latex gloves.

The report states that the description of the suspect matches Raines. When the owner of the car came to retrieve it, he advised police that Raines had been arrested by Catoosa County authorities several hours after the theft occurred. The car owner told police that his spare tire, antennas and tools were missing from the trunk of the car.