MEIGS — Meigs Mayor Linda Harris called Thomas County 911 operators four times about Sunday dispute over a washing machine.

According to a recording, Harris initially called to report that her brother, Calvin Eason, and her nephew, Jerome Simpson were “about to fight. They’re talking about killing each other, so please get someone over here.”

She told 911 operators that her brother wanted her nephew out of his home at 3017 N. Church St. in Meigs

At one point, she told dispatchers to “Please send the sheriff.”

“Is the Meigs police on?” she asked

“Yes ma’am,” the dispatcher said.

Harris asked if Meigs police were coming because she would “hate for them to go because they don’t like (her relatives), the police don’t like them (her relatives).”

The dispatcher told her to hold on because 911 needed more information, adding, “We’ve got three things going at one time, so please bear with us.”

Harris called again saying things weren’t bad at that point but she still wanted a deputy. She said, “The police is on duty but, considering the circumstance and the relationship between me and the police, I would rather a sheriff deputy come if he can. We need a deputy to help my nephew get his things.”

“We need the sheriff over,” she said again.

Harris called again a little later, clearly agitated. She said, “I just called and said we’d rather the sheriff come.”

She indicated that the Meigs police had responded.

According to the Meigs Police Department incident report obtained by an Open Records request, the officer reported, after he and Price arrived, the mayor told them, “She did not want the Meigs Police Department to handle the call and the sheriff’s department was on the way. I asked if everyone was okay and she stated, yes, everyone was fine. I then turned to walk back to get in the car. This is when the Mayor’s nephew, Jerome, yelled towards me in a very threatening tone, ‘You punk (expletive deleted).’ I then turned and looked in his direction. This is when he asked me if I had a problem. I stated, ‘You.’”

The report said the nephew came at the officer again in a threatening manner. The report said Price told the officer to get back in the car.

“At the same time, the Mayor and her brother, Calvin, started to yell at me to leave and to get out of their yard. Calvin also attempted to walk towards me in a threatening manner but the mayor advised him not to continue,” the officer reported.

On the 911 call, the mayor can be heard as she yells at someone, “You need you to get in your car now.”

Then she told the dispatcher, “Get the sheriff right now to Meigs. That’s why we need the sheriff.”

The dispatcher told Harris, “We are very busy. As soon as someone is available…”

She yelled again, “Get them over here now.”

The call ended at that point.

According to the Thomas County Sheriff’s Office incident report, a deputy was dispatched to the residence. When he got there, according to the report, “Harris stated she had a white Maytag washing machine that had been on the back porch of her brother’s residence. Harris stated she had last seen the washer on Saturday and the neighbors told her the washer had been moved out some time Sunday.”

The deputy talked with the nephew, Simpson, who stated “his uncle had given him permission to scrap the washing machine and he had taken it to the scrap yard.”

The deputy advised all parties that the washer was a civil matter. No further action was taken. No charges have been filed.