ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) -
A loud banging on his door was not what Edward Zigma expected to hear Thursday morning.
But, that's exactly what startled Zigma out of a deep sleep. When he got to the door, he heard two voices screaming to open the door.
"I thought it was a prank to trick me into opening the door," Zigma said. "They said they had an arrest warrant for me. I couldn't believe it, you have an arrest warrant for me. I haven't done anything that warrants an arrest."
Zigma, who teaches science for Fulton County Schools, thought the deputies were burglars posing as fake sheriff's deputies.
"I called 911," Zigma said. "Even after I told them I was calling the police, they said the sheriff's department trumps the police."
By the time Atlanta police arrived the deputies had already searched Zigma's home and realized he wasn't the man they were looking for. After Zigma let the deputies in, he got even angrier.
"It was apparent the deputy didn't even know the description of who she was looking for," Zigma said. "And the Larry Mickens they had the arrest warrant for has never lived here. No one with that name has ever lived here before."
A representative with the sheriff's office, Tracy Flanagan said, the man they were looking for gave them Zigma's address in court.
"If he used that in court, you still should ask and follow up to make sure he is saying the truth, because people lie in court," Zigma said. "They were too threatening before knowing who they were looking for."
Flanagan said the deputies are put in high risk situations every day, but followed all protocols when serving the warrant.
Zigma worries that if deputies get it wrong again, something bad might happen.
"If these guys were looking for a violent criminal they would probably come with their guns drawn you never know what could transpire. I was worried that I might get shot. I am angry, I am angry but I don't want somebody or an innocent person to be killed over some carelessness."
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