Man Faces Up To 5 Life Sentences, Employee Smuggled Drugs Into Prison, Squatters Cleared From Buckhead Home: News Nearby

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Marietta Man Faces Up To Five Life Sentences

A man convicted of raping and robbing two Cobb County women in 2013 and 2014 will be sentenced Thursday. Lemon McMickens was found guilty late Tuesday afternoon, and faces up to five life sentences.

According to the Marietta Police Department, McMickens was charged with rape, kidnapping, aggravated assault and armed robbery of a 19-year-old woman on Feb. 1, 2014. >>> read more.

Employee Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Drugs Into Prison

A former employee of Phillips State Prison in Buford had pleaded guilty to using her position to smuggle drugs into the facility.

Charonda Edwards, 29, of College Park, on Wednesday was the first to plead guilty in a series of federal prison corruption cases in which more than 80 defendants have been charged. >>> read more.

Squatters Cleared From Buckhead Home

A long-neglected house on Lenox Road was demolished Wednesday to make room for a multimillion-dollar town home, but not before the property had to be cleared of squatters.

Several neighbors complained about the squatters, and one resident requested that bus routes be changed so kids wouldn’t have to go near the house. >>> read more.

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