Atlanta authorities have accused former NFL player, Edawn Coughman, of destroying his business and making it look like a hate crime against him.
Coughman found himself under arrest on charges of false report of a crime, insurance fraud, and concealing a license plate by Gwinnett County police.
Via WSBTV:
“Authorities said officers were called to the Create and Bake Restaurant and Coughman’s Creamery on Duluth Highway on Wednesday to a report of burglary in progress.
Officers later went into the business and found graffiti including “racially-motivated” words, swastikas and “MAGA” spray-painted on the walls, among other damage.
Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes was at the Create and Bake and Coughman’s Creamery Friday, where she could still see the vandalism through the window. Flat-screen televisions were ripped off the walls and offensive slurs were still spray-painted on the walls.
Fernandes spoke to Cpl. Michele Pihera, with the Gwinnett County Police, who said they still aren’t sure why Coughman may have targeted his own business.”
“We don’t know if it was financial motivation or what the case is,” Pihera said.
“It appears as though Edawn conjured a premeditated plan to damage his own property, attempt to make it appear as a hate crime, file a claim with his insurance company, and sell off the undamaged appliances and electronics,” the police report states.
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Coughman played for several NFL teams from 2012 to 2016, including the Washington Redskins, the Dallas Cowboys and most recently the Arizona Cardinals.
