An elderly woman has lost her home and savings after being systematically bilked out of as much as $40,000 by scam artists. According to a police report, an officer was dispatched to the parking lot of Parkridge East Hospital on Tuesday evening to check on the well being of a woman who had been sitting […]

A malfunctioning brake light led to the arrest of a Hixson woman on multiple felony charges, Friday afternoon. Bonnie Elaine Gabbard, 36, of a Greendale Way address, was charged with Forgery, Criminal Simulation, Theft under $500 and Identity Theft Trafficking. She was jailed under a $6,000 bond and is due to appear in East Ridge […]

On Wednesday, East Ridge police arrested a couple they believe is responsible for burglarizing storage units in the area. According to booking records from the Hamilton County Jail, Ricky Houston Barnett, 41, of a Thrasher Pike address, and Jennifer Daisy Murray, 43, who is homeless, are being held in the jail under probation violation charges.  […]

_ 4334 Ringgold Rd.: Police observed Amerka Faires in the driver’s seat of a silver Nissan parked off-set in a parking spot at the Regions Bank on Monday. According to a police report, officers had prior knowledge of Faires recently pleading guilty to a DUI, which in turn, precipitated the loss of her license for […]

_ 1020 McBrien Rd.: Police were dispatched to the address Saturday in reference to a domestic assault. According to an affidavit of complaint, when officers arrived they spoke with a woman who said her mother had been assaulted and that she was at an address in the 500 block of Sharondale Lane. When police arrived […]

_ 1420 Dover Ln.: Police were dispatched to an “unknown trouble” call at the address on Thursday. According to an affidavit of complaint, while an officer was en route to the location, dispatchers advised him that they heard “a male stating that he was going to kill her.” When the officer arrived, the report states, […]

A resident of a home on South Seminole fired multiple shots at a burglar who had broken into his house early Tuesday morning. According to a police report, police responded to the home in the 600 block of South Seminole Drive at 2:15 a.m. on a “burglary in progress” call. When police arrived they spoke […]

_ 1310 Coleman Circle: Police were called to the address Sunday afternoon in regard to a domestic assault. According to a police report, when officers arrived at 3:10 p.m., the spoke with a man standing outside the house who told them that his wife had just “beat him up.” The victim said that he had […]