An East Ridge Police officer was injured in a car crash today while he chasing two theft suspects.East Ridge officer hurt in crash
An East Ridge police officer was injured in a car crash Thursday while chasing two theft suspects.
The pursuit began after a man and a woman were spotted stealing a generator from a construction site on McBrien Road, said police spokesman Officer Erik Hopkins.
Sky Douglas Bishop, 30, and Megan Brook Avens, 28, have been charged with aggravated burglary, theft over $1,000, aggravated assault, felony evading and felony reckless endangerment. Avens additionally has been charged with possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony.
At the construction site, the pair tried to hit a person with the Ford F-150 pickup truck they were driving, Hopkins said. The suspects then led officers on a high-speed chase that weaved through East Ridge and Chattanooga.