SOUTH FULTON, Ga. (AP) – A candidate for the Georgia Senate was arrested for breaking into her foreclosed home after being evicted, a news report said.
Linda Pritchett tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution she never should have been evicted in the first place.
Pritchett was arrested at the home in South Fulton on Sept. 4 and charged with first-degree burglary, obstructing an officer and criminal property damage, the newspaper reported, citing police documents and jail records.
According to a South Fulton police report, an officer was “flagged down by a citizen” on Aug. 31 “in reference to an owner versus tenant dispute.” Four days later, the police department took the Senate candidate into custody.
Pritchett is running in a special Democratic primary on Nov. 3 to replace Sen. Nikema Williams, an Atlanta Democrat running for Congress. Senate District 39 covers parts of Fulton County.