Recently, an Hispanic woman reported to police that she had been the victim of a phone scam. According to a police report, late last month the victim told officers that she received a phone call from a person by the name of “Mark.” The suspect spoke to the woman in fluent Spanish telling her that […]

East Ridge police were contacted by a man from Alabama on Monday morning who said that he and his wife had been a victim of a theft while staying in a local motel last week. According to a police report, the victim said that he and his wife were at the newly-opened Hampton Inn in […]

_ 6650 Ringgold Rd.: On Sunday night, police responded to the La Quinta Inn on a reported armed robbery. According to a “pass along” report, officers spoke with a desk clerk who told them that she was robbed by two black male. One of the men, the clerk said, was wearing a black Fred Sanford […]

_ 5517 Ringgold Rd.: Police responded to the coin-operated laundry at this address, Monday evening in regard to a car theft. According to a police report, an officer spoke with a man who said that a white male drove off in his uncle’s 2004 Ford Crown Victoria while he was checking on his clothes inside […]

An East Ridge police officer checking on a vehicle at Springvale Park on Friday morning has led to the arrest of a man suspected of stealing a truck and a camper in 2016. According to East Ridge Municipal Court records, Troy Lee Evatt, 43, of a West Wilson Street address in Rossville, Ga., has been […]

The East Ridge Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened late Friday night. According to a press release by the department, officers responded to 925 Altamaha Street at 11:32 p.m. on a report of a person shot. When officers arrived they found Brian Turner, 31, suffering from a shotgun wound to the head. Police […]