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Police: Parents Arrested After 15 Kids Found Living in 'Deplorable Conditions' in Georgia
DFCS staff relocated the children after police found 18 people living in a two-bedroom apartment and charged three adults with cruelty counts.
Marietta Police Department officers arrested three adults—Ashley Jackson, Derrick Jackson, and Briana Reynolds—after discovering 15 children living in deplorable conditions at a two-bedroom apartment on Bells Ferry Road.
Last week, DFCS staff contacted the Marietta Police Department to conduct a welfare check regarding two children at the apartment complex after receiving referrals about conditions at the residence.
Detectives secured a search warrant and confirmed 18 people lived in the unit amid what officials called 'deplorable conditions,' with mold-spotted blankets, no food, and only nine beds for occupants.
All three suspects were booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center Thursday without bond, each facing charges of first- and second-degree child cruelty and misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Officials relocated all 15 children to safe environments, while Derrick Jackson faces an additional charge of crossing the guard line after police discovered marijuana at the detention facility.