Police evict residents from condo complex that owes $100K water bill

Police evicted everyone from the Yorktowne Condominiums in Clayton County on Friday.

The city of College Park tued off the water to the condos earlier in the week. Channel 2's Erica Byfield was standing close by as officers locked a large green fence in front of the property.

One of the last residents to leave told Byfield she was upset.

City leaders told Byfield the property manager owes College Park more than $100,000 in unpaid water bills.

Throughout the day, College Park police walked the complex to make sure all residents were aware of the 5 p.m. deadline.

"I've only been here nine months and then all of sudden they want to take your property? I blame College Park and that management," resident Addie White said.

White told Byfield she used most of her savings to buy a condo in the complex.

Police Chief Ronald Fears told Channel 2 Action News his officers did not have to forcefully remove any of the residents from the property.

The police did arrest three men for stealing copper from one of the units.

"When we came in they were breaking the walls and stripping cooper out of the walls so it was pretty apparent to us they weren't here to move, they were here to steal," Fears said.