An Atlanta man has been convicted for a series of violent crimes committed nearly 40 years ago, following a jury trial in DeKalb County.
Jurors found Jeffrey Briney, now 61, guilty of multiple charges, including rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, related to incidents that happened in 1986.
On March 28, 1986, four men forced their way into an apartment on Briarwood Road, holding five college students at gunpoint, tying them up, and raping two women before ransacking the apartment…