Jeff Ridges

Jeffery Lionel Ridges was the boyfriend of Geraldine Winningham and a master of getting away with car crimes until his death in 1974.

Bio
Jeff was born on May 13th, 1956 in Spruceville, Tennessee to Victoria Ridges(his father left in 1955 for a unknown reason) In 1966, 12 year old Jeff became a master of cars and knew everything about them. At the age of 15, Jeff met Geraldine Winningham, he liked her right away(since she had a classic car). On the night of June 12th, 1971 Jeff and Geraldine committed their first crime stealing car parts from a local car parts store, they managed to outrun the cops and nearly getting killed by a freight train. In 1972 when Jeff got his license, he installed a police scanner (from a 1957 Plymouth Plaza Sedan) on his 1960 red Plymouth Fury Sport Coupe. Geraldine would come by often to visit.(The junkyard only had visitors come by appointment, But Jeff gave Geraldine special treatment.)

Crimes
These are a list of crimes Jeff has gotten away with in 1972-1974.


 * Stealing car parts.
 * Underage driving.
 * Driving without a license
 * illegal joyriding
 * Car Theft(Three times)

Like Geraldine, Jeff had a used police scanner on his dashboard and rarely got caught doing these crimes

Death
On October 14th, 1974 Geraldine and Jeff were racing on a dusty mountainside, Geraldine raced ahead of him and was looking back at him, Jeff pointed ahead at a steep cliff, Geraldine slammed on the brakes, but the brakes went out, The 1959 Cadillac went over the side Geraldine screamed at the top of her lungs as the Cadillac tumbled, then flipped roof over chassis, then rolled down the mountain until it landed upside down, Jeff tried to slow down but he and his 1960 red Plymouth Fury went over the side and hit a huge rock, Jeff was instantly killed on impact, By the time Officer Shelby Mark arrived on the scene receiving a call from Dispatch, the teens were both dead and put to rest in the Spruceville Cemetary, The 1960 Plymouth and the 1959 Cadillac were both towed to Ronnie's Scrapyard.

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