The man accused of running over an Atlanta police officer faces a $228,000 cash-only bond after turning himself in, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Khalif Edwards was in court Tuesday night after surrendering Monday.
Edwards, on the run for nearly a month, called fiancee Daphene Evans around 4:30 p.m., ready to deal with the authorities.
"He was ready. It was his idea," said Evans, 23, who said she had not heard from Edwards since the July 21 incident involving APD investigator Patrick Apoian. Evans, her two young children with Edwards and other family members arranged to meet him in the parking lot of the DeKalb County Jail.
The family escorted Edwards to the warrants division, said their goodbyes and watched as the 29-year-old was handcuffed by deputies.
"I fear for his safety," said aunt Veronica Edwards. She said her nephew was exhausted mentally and physically.
Apoian, meanwhile, remains in recovery from serious injuries sustained in the incident. The nine-year APD veteran was released from the hospital just last week.
After allegedly hitting the Apoian near the intersection of College and Sisson avenues in northeast Atlanta, Edwards drove away in a gold Honda Accord with his two children, ages 1 and 2, inside. The car was found about two hours later, near the intersection of I-20 and Gresham Road, APD spokesman Carlos Campos told the AJC. The children were found safe.
Despite pleas from his family to turn himself in, Edwards remained on the run until Monday. Family members insisted they did not know his whereabouts until receiving the call Monday. He was expected to face numerous charges, including aggravated assault, aggravated battery, simple battery, obstruction of a law enforcement officer and cruelty to children, police said.
Apoian is well-known in the East Lake and Kirkwood neighborhoods for his work organizing a security patrol. Businesses in the community held numerous fundraisers to benefit the injured officer, founder of Humbled Heroes, an organization for police officers and firefighters in need.
--Dispatch editor Angel K. Brooks contributed to this article.
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