‘Is This a Joke?’: Atlanta-area Police Oddly Arrest Paraplegic Atlanta Man for ‘Kicking In’ Woman’s Door and Assaulting Her Then Stand By After He Falls From Wheelchair

A metro Atlanta police department arrested a paraplegic man confined to a wheelchair after a woman with a history of lying to police accused him of kicking down her door and assaulting her.

Charles Read, who has been paralyzed for 25 years from a bullet that damaged his spine, showed up at the College Park Police Department last month hoping to clear up the false charges against him.

While trying to renew his passport earlier this year, Read says he learned that a warrant for his arrest had been issued after Katherine Jensen, a woman he had dated decades ago and hadn’t seen in 20 years, called police on June 15, 2024 and told them he had just kicked down her door, choked her , and then fled on foot after trying to steal her car keys…

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