EAST POINT, Ga. - A woman running for East Point City Council is facing serious criminal charges just weeks before voters head to the polls.

Marie Terry, a candidate for City Council, has been arrested and charged with three counts of child cruelty. The allegations stem from her role as a foster parent to three children, ages 13 to 17.

East Point City Council candidate accusations

What we know:

Terry’s campaign signs around East Point read "A Fighter for the People," but now she is fighting to clear her name.

According to arrest warrants, Terry is accused of hitting the teens with a skillet, a wooden grill scraper, and a plastic bat when they "needed to be disciplined."

The warrants also claim Terry forced the children to eat cat feces and made threats to harm them if they didn’t c

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