A former NFL player accused of having organized a hate crime, of having painted "MAGA" and swastikas on the walls of a bakery

A former NFL player allegedly created a fake hate-motivated crime in his business in Georgia, in which he claimed that burglars spray painted racial slurs, swastikas and "MAGA" in his bakery.

Edawn Louis Coughman, 31, was arrested Thursday for filing a false report on a crime, an insurance fraud and concealing a license plate after telling the police that a Burglar was responsible for spraying racist language and images on the walls of his bakery, according to Gwinett County Police.

"It appears that Edawn has devised a premeditated plan to damage his own property, attempt to brand it as a hate crime, file a claim with his insurance company, and sell the devices and devices. undamaged electronics, "the police said.

Photos taken by the police on the scene show words and images painted with bomb, including the n-word, a swastika and "MAGA" – an abbreviated version of President Donald Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great" Again ".

Police said they'd been called for a robbery report at Coughman's companies, Create and Bake Restaurant and Coughman's Creamery, in Atlanta, a suburb of Lawrenceville, on Wednesday night. The 911 call told the police that someone was driving a black Chevrolet Silverado without a license plate.

When the agents arrived at the mall, they stopped a truck matching the description and saw Coughman drive the Silverado. It turned out that Coughman had several TVs on the back of the truck with rear attachments with "drywall damage", police said.

Officers found that the back door of the bakery was "yellow leverage" and found that the graffiti on the walls was still wet with paint.

"Several booth cushions have been cut," said Gwinett County police. "They also found broken mirrors, cut wires and a damaged video surveillance system."

Coughman told the police that he had noticed the damage earlier in the day and had called his insurance company, but not the police. But investigators discovered that the incident occurred much later than the former NFL player claimed.

A search warrant in Coughman's Silverado found a yellow holding bar and pots of black spray paint in the truck.

Coughman has never played in a regular season game with the NFL, but has been engaged in eight different teams, according to NBC's affiliate, WXIA. He also played nine games in 2011 with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

It is not known whether Coughman, who was released on bail, has a lawyer.