DeKalb deputies round up 10 deadbeat dads

By Christian Boone

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ten metro area deadbeat dads could be spending Christmas in jail after an overnight roundup by the DeKalb County Sheriff's office.

Beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday and concluding at 4 a.m. Thursday, deputies followed up on 114 of the county's 189 outstanding warrants for failure to pay child support, said sheriff's office spokesman Adrion Bell. Ten men were arrested.

"That may sound a little low, but 10 percent is about what we expected," Bell said.

Those arrested will remain in jail until they either pay the child support owed or make arrangements to pay at their initial court hearing, Bell said.

If arrested for abandonment, a minimum bond of $1,000 applies, he said.