_ 3720 Anderson Ave.: Police were called to the address, Monday evening, on a disorder. According to affidavit of complaint, police spoke with a man and woman who told them initially that they had been engaged in a verbal argument. The woman told police the couple had been arguing over the man, Willie Byrd, cheating on him and the woman wanted Byrd to leave. According to the report, police looked around the house and noticed a bedroom door had been kicked off its hinges and was lying in the floor. Police asked the woman about the door and she said that she had locked herself and her three children inside the bedroom to get away from Byrd.

As police continued to talk to the woman, she explained that her father and a friend of his came by the house during the argument. The woman told police that Byrd then began making verbal threats against the men. The woman told officers that Byrd then went in the kitchen, retrieved a large kitchen knife and “came at her father and his friend that were standing in the doorway.” She explained that her father tried to get Byrd to go outside, but later left in an attempt to deescalate the disorder. It was at this point, the woman said, that Byrd kicked in the door where she and the children were barricaded. The report states that Byrd threatened to “slice” the woman. She told police it was at that point that she called police for help and was able to keep the situation under control until they arrived.

Byrd, 31, was charged with four counts of Aggravated Domestic Assault and was taken to the Hamilton County Jail under $12,000 bond. He is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal court on Jan. 3, 2017.

_ 915 Altamaha St.: POlice were called to the address, Monday, in reference to a possible domestic dispute involving a firearm. According to an affidavit of complaint, when officers arrived they spoke with a man who told them that he and his girlfriend, April Parks, had broken up earlier in the day and he returned to the residence to gather some belongings and get his car. When the man tried to take possession of the car, Parks confronted him. According to the report, Parks argued with the man, pulled a .380 pistol and threatened the man. When he attempted to drive off, Parks fired the pistol into the ground in front of the car. At that point, the man retreated to the street and called police. 

Parks, 34,  was charged with Aggravated Assault and Reckless Endangerment and jailed on a $5,000 bond. She is due to appear in municipal court on Jan. 3.

_ Police arrested a Maynardsville, Tenn. man, Tuesday, in regard to an October incident in which he allegedly attacked several people at an apartment on Ringgold Road. 

Brian Scott Murphy, 43, of a White Pine Street address in Maynardsville, was charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault. It is not clear when he is due to appear in court.

According to an affidavit of complaint, police were called to an apartment at 5426 Ringgold Road on October 5 in regard to a disorder with a weapon. When officers arrived they spoke with a witness who told them that a man had assaulted two people with a baseball bat and had left the scene.

The report states that police spoke with the people inside the apartment and discovered that one man had been seriously injured. The injured man told police that Murphy, his girlfriend’s brother, was over at the apartment when they got into an argument. The argument escalated and Murphy grabbed a baseball bat and hit him across the arm and face with it. The injured man told police that Murphy then started charging and swinging the bat at a neighbor, who stepped in to try and help. Murphy, the report states, chased the neighbor out of the apartment, narrowly missing the man with several swings of the bat.

The report states that the male victim was taken to Erlanger Hospital by EMS due to the extent of his injuries.