Overview
- A Fulton County judge ordered 12 months of probation, 40 hours of community service, a $500 fine, and a public apology as part of the sentence.
- Kamau pleaded to criminal trespass in connection with a 2023 entry into a private lake house, while an earlier felony burglary count had been dismissed in May 2025.
- The resolution came at a pretrial hearing after he previously rejected a similar offer and as a Feb. 17 jury trial was on the calendar.
- Under the First Offender Act, he can avoid a formal conviction if he completes all court-ordered conditions.
- The legal case played out alongside political turbulence during his tenure, including an audit flagging roughly $70,000 in questionable city spending, and he later lost re-election before Carmalitha Gumbs took office in December 2025.