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Police Briefs for July 22
The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department. 24-009258- 1200 BLK Wright Street- Animal Call- The caller advised his neighbor has a rooster tied to his back porch. He was asked to contact Animal Control on Monday. 24-009265- 6600 BLK Hilton Drive- Suspicious Activity- The caller advised...
CFD responds to battery acid spill
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – At 11:12 P.M. Monday, the Siskin Steel and Supply Company on 1901 Riverfront Parkway reported needing aid when a forklift flipped over. The Chattanooga Fire Department responded and found the forklift battery was on fire and leaking acid. Soda ash was used to neutralize the...
Juvenile male grazed by bullet on 4th Avenue, police say
Chattanooga, Tenn. — A juvenile male was shot over the weekend on 4th Avenue, according to the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD). CPD says this happened in the 3300 block of 4th Avenue on Saturday around noon. According to a release from the department, officers found the victim with a...
Man involved in shooting of THP trooper taken into custody, efforts to apprehend the remaining suspects continue
Chattanooga, TN – According to the police officials, the search for the man who was reportedly involved in the in the shooting of Trooper Cothron, Braze Rucker, was arrested in Kentucky. Kentucky State Police troopers, utilizing handcuffs from Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Cothron, successfully took Rucker into custody. The...
Police in Georgia investigating hit-and-run crash that injured pedestrian
DALTON, Ga. — Above video: Your Monday headlines. Police in Georgia are investigating a hit-and-run incident that injured a pedestrian. It happened Saturday night in Dalton. According to the Dalton Police Department, the crash occurred shortly after 10 p.m. on Vernon Avenue. "Witnesses reported seeing a single-cab black pickup...
Elderly Woman Charged with Hitting Pedestrian in Walmart Parking Lot
An eighty-five-year-old Trion woman was charged after video footage showed her vehicle hitting a pedestrian in the parking lot of Walmart in Trion. According to a report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, the pedestrian was walking into the store with her family and moved to the side to get out of the path of the vehicle driven by Mamie Hartline. The sheriff’s department maintains that video footage from Walmart surveillance shows Hartline swerving toward the family and striking a young female with the mirror of her vehicle. After striking the pedestrian, the footage shows Hartline’s vehicle slowing down, and words were exchanged between the victim’s family members. Hartline then parked the car, went inside, and started grocery shopping.
Police Briefs for July 21
The following information is courtesy of the East Ridge Police Department. 24-009211 700 BLK South Lovell Avenue- Theft- The caller advised an unknown suspect took her trailer. She advised between 7/18/2024 at 1900 hours and 7/19/2024 around 0700 hours someone went on her property and took her trailer. The trailer was described as a 4×5 foot black trailer that is valued at $750. There is no further information on suspects currently.
Georgia man faces up to 20 years after arson conviction in Whitfield County
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia man will stay behind bars after being convicted of first degree arson. A Whitfield County jury found 38-year-old Robert Douglas Vance of Woodstock, Georgia guilty of setting a house on fire in Varnell, Georgia, according to the Whitfield County District Attorney's Office. Vance...
UTC Police Gift Electronics to Those Affected by Abuse
At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Police Department is once again stepping up to support victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. For the third consecutive year, they’ve partnered with the 911 Cell Phone Bank to collect old electronic devices for a meaningful cause. “The purpose of...
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