Posted on 07/09/2023 10:41:04 AM PDT by Libloather
A Georgia mayor was arrested after entering a house he claims he thought was abandoned, only to come face-to-face in a bizarre standoff with the homeowner who held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
Khalid Kamau was caught creeping around the lake property on Cascade Palmetto Highway around 6:52 a.m. Saturday morning by the unnamed homeowner who ordered him to 'stay put,' according to a police report obtained by WSBTV.
'Do you know who the f*** I am? I'm the Mayor, and I'll wait for my police to get here and see what happens then,' Kamau allegedly yelled back at the owner.
Kamau, who has been mayor of the City of Fulton since January 2022, later told police he was on the private property because he was interested in purchasing the home, which he believed to be abandoned.
The mayor was arrested on criminal trespassing and burglary charges. He was released from the Fulton County Jail that evening after posting an $11,000 bond.
The mayor would not speak about the charges when he left the jail in handcuffs on Saturday, but explained why he was on the property.
'I just wanted to see the house,' Kamau told Fox 5 Atlanta. 'I do apologize to the owners. I thought it was abandoned.'
South Fulton police responded to the property for reports of a trespasser with the homeowner explaining he had received a notification on his phone around 6:52 a.m. that someone was at the lake house.
The homeowner was inside his home at the time he got the alert and said he watched the person walk up the driveway of his home toward his lake house, according to the report.
He then got into his truck to call police and said that he could see someone in his lake house...
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I have door cameras that down load to a private server.
While I do not expect trouble if it comes knocking I want to have it recorded.
Both police and criminals have made outrageous claims about home owners that were proven false by footage recorded by home security cameras.
...’’Do you know who the f*** I am?’
That single statement tells you everything you need to know.
Every time it is used, by anyone in a position of authority, is someone abusing their title.
They do not prevent bad stuff from happening. They are for after the bad stuff happens. And bad stuff happens.
homeowner apologized? Just no.
respect the no trespassing/private property sign.
Liz, you misspelt May Whore as Mayor.
fulton county’s finest..
Should have called a REALTOR. They’re educated and licensed for a reason.
BLM member. Stupid voters.
Meth is a hell of a drug.
CC
"His" police put handcuffs on him.
Bootlip with neck tats...
It does contradict itself. Socialism is anathema to Christianity. Plus, his foul mouth and arrogant attitude are a “tell.”
I live in bfe.
I have um.
Normally just get alerts for wild life or the delivery guy.
But once it did pickup someone who was really really lost.
Sheriff lives in the next house over from me. When I called him he said “already putting my boots on. Your not home so when he went by and didn’t come back I figured something was up”
Turned out dude was really lost and his GPS decided the end of a gravel road in the middle of nowhere 25 miles from where the guy wanted to be was a good place to bring him.
He could be wanting to try an Andrew Gillam.
Never mind “Christian Socialist” being an oxymoron; socialism is atheistic.
Well Jim Jones made a pretty decent living at it, until he didn't.
Even with a comma, it would still contradict itself.
The ones at my business alert me and a relative who rides a desk at night. To date we have managed to get the cops to nab 14 out of 14 people with bad intentions (junk yard and car lot)
Cameras alone are just to see what happened. cameras being watched with a local police force that responds in 5 minutes or less is a very effective crime stopping tool.
It also helps that we have so many cameras you are being watched from at least 3 sides at all times. I’ve even added a few with ai that will track you as you walk around.
Why not shot? Or, this soon to be former mayor should feel lucky he wasn’t shot.
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