The living conditions at Creekside Forest Apartment Homes have drawn public outrage in recent weeks as officials try to get the south DeKalb complex cleaned up.
A judge this week issued a warrant for the arrest of the owner, Chester Meisel, after he didn’t show to a hearing on 338 code violations.
On Friday morning, DeKalb police responded to the crime-plagued complex, this time in search of Meisel. An officer pulled over a man driving down Ember Drive, but it was an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter, whom a 911 caller had apparently mistaken as the owner.
The AJC, which has been covering the situation in recent weeks, had just filmed a Facebook Live video at the complex on Ember Drive. That's the video above, which can be viewed along with all the reader comments here.
Here are links to The AJC’s full coverage:
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