_ 6710 Ringgold Rd.: Police were dispatched to the address early Thursday morning in regards to a suspicious person. According to a police report, an officer spoke with an employee of the Best Western who told him that there was something odd going on between a woman and two of the guests staying in room 221. The employee said he saw one man walking around outside talking on his cell phone for an extended period of time. He would then periodically go back into the room. A short time later a woman came in and asked where the elevator was. The woman was not a guest at the motel, the employee said.
The report states that the officer went to the room and spoke with the occupants, two men. One man, who was Hungarian, said he had $1,377 stolen from his room. The victim told police that he was asleep and woke up to a woman standing in the corner near clothes. He said the woman pulled out a stainless steel handgun and pointed at him, saying “I’m a crazy bitch.” The man said the woman then left the room. The man said he did not know the woman and had no prior contact with her. The man said he had no idea how she got into the room.
Police then spoke with the other man the room was rented to. He said he returned to the room with a female guest after having left for 15 minutes. He saw a white woman about 40 to 45 years of age, with blonde hair standing outside the room. The man told police he started to question her from down the hall and the woman began running away. He was able to stop her near the room where she told him that his friend was crazy. The woman then took off by the exit to the pool. The man told police he continued to chase her through the parking lot and she yelled, “I’ve got a gun.” The woman got into a small blue car parked out front and left.
According to the report, the man told police he went back to the room and discovered that $1,377 had been taken out of his shorts pocket that were in a trash bag in the room. He said he did not know how the woman had any knowledge that the money was in his shorts.
The report states that the front desk clerk said that video surveillance would be available for police to review later in the day.
The report states that both men appeared to be intoxicated and that there was a slight language barrier between police and the Hungarian man.
_ 3630 Helen Ln.: Police were dispatched to the residence on Tuesday evening in regard to a theft from a vehicle. According to a police report, when an officer arrived he spoke to a man who said that he went to his car on Tuesday morning and noticed his car stereo was missing. The victim told police that he had lived in the neighborhood for more than two years and was comfortable leaving his car doors unlocked while his vehicle was parked in the drive. The man told police that he hadn’t been in his car since he returned home from work on the previous Thursday.
The man told police that he had no suspect information. The victim said that his granddaughter, who is in state custody, recently ran away from her group home in Nashville and has been seen recently in Chattanooga. The man told police that his granddaughter may have something to do with the theft.
The report notes that the vehicle was equipped with a built-in television screen in the ceiling that was left untouched. The victim told police that he thought it was odd that his car doors were locked, since he does not lock them.
