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 […]

East Ridge police investigators are trying to determine who may have fired several gunshots outside the End Zone, early Sunday morning. According to a police report, two  ERPD officers was sitting in their squad cars outside Little Caesars Pizza at 2:27 Sunday morning  when they heard several gunshots coming from the area of the End […]

A woman is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on Tuesday on a charge of Child Abuse after giving birth to a baby allegedly addicted to drugs. Jacqueline Nicole McRoberts, 31, of a Pleasant Street address, was arrested only last week. According to an affidavit of complaint, McRoberts gave birth to a child […]

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 […]