_ Ringgold Road: An officer on routine patrol just after 3 a.m. Monday morning saw a man traveling east on a bicycle. According to an affidavit of complaint, the officer had prior knowledge of the cyclist, Tony Chase, having an active warrant for the man’s arrest. When the officer stopped Chase, he saw what appeared […]

_ 1441 N. Smith Street: Police were dispatched to the Holiday Inn Express on Wednesday morning on a suspicious person complaint. According to a police report, the desk clerk told officers that a woman had been lingering in the lobby restroom for about an hour. The clerk told officers that she suspected the woman may […]

Three men were arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault after a late-night fight on Delaware Avenue. Police were called to the 5000 block of Delaware just before midnight on Monday in reference to a “fight in progress.” According to a police report, when officers arrived they found a man bleeding profusely from his mouth and […]

A tip from a woman to an officer sitting in her car at the East Ridge Police Department led to the arrest of two men in a local motel on drugs and prostitution charges. According to a police report, Officer Lexi Whittenburg was sitting in her patrol car on Saturday when a woman who “has […]

On Friday, East Ridge police captured a man wanted in Florida for sex crimes involving children. According to a police report, a “be on the lookout” was issued for Bradley Allen Pitts. Florida officials had “pinged” the man’s cellphone and determined that it was in the Interstate 75 area in the jurisdiction of East Ridge […]