Repeat Domestic Abuser Going to State Prison

A Cobb County jury needed two hours to convict a 39-year-old man of family violence battery, aggravated battery, and false imprisonment, the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Evidence presented by prosecutors during the trial of Ricky Allen showed that he had severely beaten his wife during a fight in June, 2013 at their Birchwood Lane home just off of Austell Road. The evidence showed that Allen threw his wife onto a concrete floor then punched her. His wife sustained a head wound and other injuries.

Cassi Haberler, family violence director at the YWCA of Northwest Georgia testified during the trial that Allen was a classic domestic violence abuser.

Allen and his wife have been married for 10 years and have five children together. His wife has filed for divorce, Assistant District Attorney Sherwin Figueroa said.

Cobb Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram will sentence Allen to his fourth term in state prison at a later date.