Police Briefs: Shooting reported on Brainerd Road

Shooting on Brainerd Road

A shooting was reported near the Bi-Lo on Brainerd Road at about 8:50 p.m. Friday night.

One victim transported by ambulance to Erlanger.

Police were on the scene investigating at press time.


Michigan felon caught by police

A Michigan man wanted on attempted murder and other charges was arrested by the Tennessee Highway Patrol on Interstate 24 in Chattanooga, according to a THP news release.

Michigan authorities had warned the THP to be on the lookout for Mikos L. Harper, 26, of Mount Morris, Mich., in the area. The Michigan State Police said Harper was a fugitive, armed and dangerous, and possibly was driving a 2006 black Chevy Malibu with a Michigan license tag.

Trooper Steven Bourque, patrolling near mile marker 180 shortly after 10 a.m., saw a speeding black Malibu with a Michigan plate. He and two THP sergeants stopped the vehicle and took Harper into custody.

Harper is now in the Hamilton County Jail awaiting extradition to Michigan on warrants charging him with two counts of assault with intent to commit murder, home invasion first degree, discharging a firearm from a vehicle, discharging a firearm in a building, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearms possession.


2 arrested in school burglary at Wallace A. Smith Elementary School

An 18-year-old and a younger juvenile have been charged in a burglary Tuesday at Wallace A. Smith Elementary School, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

The thieves made off with computers, laptops and other items, a news release stated. Sheriff's detectives recovered the stolen items when they arrested the juvenile and the older teen, Michael Blake Delaney. One more arrest is expected, the release stated.

On Sept. 9, 2014, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at Wallace A. Smith Elementary School. The call concerned a burglary and subsequent loss of property, including computers, laptops and other items.

Several days of intensive investigation by detectives with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office culminated in the recovery of the stolen items, arrest of one juvenile and one adult identified as Michael Blake Delaney, age 18. One additional arrest is expected.

Additionally, three car thefts, 12 vehicle burglaries and the earlier burglary of Wallace A. Smith Elementary School have been cleared. These reported incidents occurred in the same general area as the elementary school.

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