The Tennessee Trap: How one state’s war on Medicaid fraud ensnares working moms in Alabama
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Aaliyah Evett with her children Karsyn Evett, 2, and Jaidyn Evett, 9, at Jasper Highlands in Jasper, TN, on Sunday, March 21, 2021. (Eric Schultz / Rocket City Photo)AL.com
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In August of 2020, Aaliyah Evett was working at the Watts Bar power plant in Spring City, Tenn., when her mom called and said the police in South Pittsburg were searching for her. Evett called the officer, who was an old friend from high school.
“She said whatever you do, just get home and turn yourself in right now,” Evett said. “If you wait and turn yourself in, they can hold you for the weekend. If you get pulled over wherever you are, they’d have to hold you wherever you are and wait for Marion County to come get you. So I was like, let me just drive. Not too slow, but just slow enough.”