- Police in Marietta, Georgia, arrested three parents after discovering 15 children living in deplorable conditions in a two-bedroom apartment.
- Officers found 18 residents in the apartment, which lacked adequate food and hygiene supplies, had only nine beds, and showed visible mold.
- The biological parents, Ashley Jackson, Derrick Jackson, and Briana Reynolds, were taken into custody following the execution of a search warrant.
- All three adults face child cruelty and marijuana possession charges, while Derrick Jackson faces an additional charge for allegedly smuggling marijuana into jail.
- Staff from the Department of Family Services intervened and relocated all 15 children to safe environments.
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15 children rescued after being found in ‘deplorable’ two-bedroom Atlanta-area apartment