Khalid Kamau was booked into the Fulton County Jail by the early afternoon and released that evening after posting bond. Jail records show he is facing charges of first-degree burglary and criminal trespass.
This is interesting:
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mayor-south-fulton-arrested-officials/85-c87c96a9-5e7e-450a-91c4-a653a0ca2995
In the wake of his arrest, City of South Fulton councilwoman Natasha Williams-Brown will now be mayor pro tem, 11Alive learned.
South Fulton has had a few cycles of controversy since Kamau took office. In February 2022, he vetoed police bonuses. In June 2022, city officials asked the Fulton County District Attorney to look into Kamau’s credit card use. In July 2022, Kamau asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigations to investigate the city council for corruption.
Fast forward to 2023, five city council members filed a lawsuit to get Kamau out of office back in March. Later that month, the city manager resigned. In April, the mayor’s Easter egg hunt was shut down. And just last month, an online petition surfaced to de-annex a part of South Fulton, with supporters calling the city government “dysfunctional.”
It probably won’t alter his political status in South Fulton County.