_ 6642 Ringgold Rd.: On Wednesday night the East Ridge Fire Department responded to the Econo Lodge in reference to an automatic fire alarm. According to a police report, firefighters gained access to the room where the alarm was sounding and found what they believed to be narcotics inside. ERFD personnel immediately requested police respond […]

The following information comes from daily East Ridge Police Department “pass along” sheets, which keeps department administrators apprised of activity from the two patrol shifts. It is anticipated that this information will be provided to  the public and media on a daily basis going forward. The information from the “pass along” sheets is significantly more […]

_ 4150 Ringgold Rd.: On Monday afternoon, police were dispatched to the Walmart Neighborhood Market in regard to a theft. According to a police report, officers spoke with a woman who said that she had requested $100 cash back during a purchase she made at a self-checkout line. The woman said she forgot to take […]

A Rossville man is being held in the Hamilton County Jail on $5,000 bond after he allegedly assaulted police after officers were called to a home on a domestic complaint. Seth J. Lankford, 33, of a National Boulevard address, was charged with Domestic Assault, Resisting Arrest and Assault on Police. He is due to appear […]

A Gail Drive man has been charged with kidnapping after he allegedly held his wife against her will and threatened to kill her. Jose Andres Escobar-Rivas, 51, was booked into the Hamilton County Jail, Thursday, and charged with Aggravated Kidnapping and Aggravated Domestic Assault. He is being held on $5,000 bond and is due to […]

A routine visit by a state parole officer has led to the arrest of an East Ridge Man on drug and weapons charges. Ronald Rishea Moore, 34, of a South Terrace address, was charged Wednesday with Possession of Marijuana for Resale, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He made […]

_ 3718 Fountain Ave.: Police were dispatched to a reported burglary at the address late Tuesday morning. According to a police report, police met with a woman who said that someone broke into her duplex and stole a 50-inch television, its remote units and an iPhone charger. The victim told police that she came home […]

_ 4112 Ringgold Rd.: Late Friday evening, police were dispatched to Cannon’s Wrecker service on the theft of the company’s rollback tow truck. According to a police report, 10 minutes prior to the 12:33 a.m. dispatch officers were sitting at the intersection of Ringgold and John Ross Roads and did not see the red 1997 […]