ERPD Arrests for Jan. 16-19

According to booking reports from the Hamilton County Jail, the following people were arrested by the East Ridge Police Department from Jan. 16-19. An arrest does not mean that a person has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Tuesday, January 16

LESLIE, EFREM ZIMBLIST
404 TUNNEL BLVD J4 CHATTANOOGA, 37411
Age at Arrest: 28 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
THEFT OF PROPERTY
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Wednesday, January 17

None

Thursday, January 18

BYRD, DEONTA
1929 MAPLE HILLS WAY CHATTANOOGA, 374061570
Age at Arrest: 34 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
SPEEDING

NEERGAARD, JUSTIN CRAIG
1001 SOUTH KELLY STREET CHATTANOOGA, 37415
Age at Arrest: 39 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
DRIVING ON SUSPENDED DRIVERS LICENSE
POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE IV
POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE VI
POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II (FENTANYL)
POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II (METH)
THEFT OVER $1,000 (MOTOR VEHICLE)

Friday, January 19

BRYSON, JASON RAY
290 S INDUSTRIAL BLVD TRENTON, 30752
Age at Arrest: 41 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
Booked for Previous Charges or Other Reason(s)

VELASQUEZ-SANTIZO, PEDRO FERNANDEZ
1919 CENTRAL AVE CHATTANOOGA, 37408
Age at Arrest: 21 years old
Arresting Agency: East Ridge
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.