Charges of assault against former mayoral candidate Marie Mott

Former mayoral candidate Marie Mott is facing assault charges stemming from an incident on Sunday.

Her boyfriend said she pointed a gun at him and he had to grab it from her.

Ms. Mott admitted pushing her boyfriend but denied that a weapon was involved.

Because police said there was insufficient evidence related to the weapon, she was charged with simple assault rather than aggravated assault.

Police responded to Forest Villas Circle at 10:43 p.m. after a man called to say he had been arguing with his girlfriend, who had pointed a gun at him. He said Ms. Mott drove away in a burgundy Nissan Pathfinder.

He said he got his gun back before she left.

Police spotted Ms. Mott's car as she was traveling west on Shallowford Road at the Highway 153 bridge and arrested her without incident. She was later transported to the county jail.

The friend said he had just returned from a trip to Colorado and brought a cannabis vaporizer into the house. He said Ms. Mott became angry and said it was marijuana and they shouldn't do drugs.

He said a short time later, while he was doing laundry, he saw Ms. Mott with his Sig Sau P365 in her hand. He said he saw her finger on the trigger. He ran toward her and was able to take the gun from her.

The friend said that while they were wrestling, a picture frame fell off the wall and shattered, and some of the glass shards injured him. Police said he had a very small cut on his hand.

He said he told Ms. Mott she had to leave and she packed up her things and left.

Ms. Mott said they argued because she believed he was smuggling marijuana through the TSA at the airport.

She said she did not appreciate him using drugs as she looks after young children and did not want to be associated with someone who used drugs.

Ms Mott said they started arguing and when they were close together she pushed him backwards. She said they both fell to the ground and he landed on top of her. She said a picture frame fell and broke and she suffered minor injuries to her hand and elbow.