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A repeat felon from Oklahoma is set to spend the rest of his life in prison over three Marietta robberies in 2016, Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds announced Monday . On Friday, a Cobb jury convicted 40 -year-old Rodney Kinchelle Howell of stealing purses from three women outside three Marietta stores in April of last year. All three robberies occurred in the daytime, and in one instance, a stolen purse yielded a handgun used in a later attack, said Kim Isaza, spokesperson for the DA’s office. Howell’s codefendant, Cheyenne Nicole Rogers , 23, also of Oklahoma, pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges related to the robberies. The first robbery occurred at 11 a.m. on April 5, 2016, when Howell and Rogers went to the Walmart on Cobb Parkway near the Big Chicken. As the two followed an 86-year-old woman and her 64-year-old daughter out of the store, Howell grabbed the mother’s purse and ran. Rogers got into a 2007 Cadillac Escalade with Oklahoma tags, and both fled th...

BISBEE — Two men have been sentenced in connection to a February armed robbery and drive-by shooting, while two others are set to go on trial in December. Shaquille Rice, 24, and Rashawn Avery, 22, were each sentenced July 24 to 4.5 years in prison after admitting to misconduct with a weapon. Both had prior felony convictions , making it illegal for them to possess a firearm.   Rice and Avery were arrested for the Feb. 4 robbery at a Sierra Vista hotel during where guns were displayed and cash and other items were taken from three people. The next day the robbery victims spotted Rice and Avery near the Sunburst Terrace Apartments . One of the victims was the daughter of 41-year-old Jaime Montoya Olivas .   According to the Sierra Vista Police Department , Olivas, his daughter, and Joseph Allen Buchanan drove to the apartments to confront Rice and Avery about the hotel incident. Buchanan and Olivas allege Avery threatened the daughter with a gun in a parking area, after which Bucha...

MARIETTA, GA. - An alleged member of the Gangster Disciples street gang , who have a long history in the metro Atlanta area , is facing life in prison for his role in a 2015 murder in Austell. A Cobb jury found that Darius Jarrell Dunn , 25, was one of two shooters involved in the death of Anthony Tavarez at an apartment complex on Shenandoah Trail. Tavarez, 23, was shot in the back during an armed robbery shortly after midnight on Sept. 16, 2015. Two codefendants pled guilty to their roles in the case as the trial was scheduled to begin. All three defendants are associated with the gang, prosecutors say. ► RELATED : Prosecutors: ' Gangster Disciples ' gang members killing spree detailed Dunn was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, violation of Georgia’s street gang terrorism and prevention act, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. Cobb Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram set sentencing of Dunn for 1:30 p.m....

MARIETTA, GA -- A Mableton man associated with the Gangster Disciples street gang has been convicted of murder in a 2015 armed robbery at an apartment complex, Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds announced Thursday . Darius Jarrell Dunn , 25, was convicted by a Cobb jury this week, the DA said. Dunn was one of two gunmen involved in the death of Anthony Tavarez at an apartment on Shenandoah Trail. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts . Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app .) In a robbery that turned deadly, Tavarez, 23, was shot in the back just after midnight on Sept. 16, 2015. Two co-defendants -- Melvin William Evans , 32, of Newton and Joshua Raphal Gore , 32, of Austell -- already pleaded guilty to the shooting as the trial neared, the DA said. All three are associated with the Gangster Disciples street gang , the DA said. “Street gangs such as the Gangster Disciples have been perpetrating these senseless acts of violenc...