Snellville man pleads guilty in home invasions case

ATLANTA - A 31-year-old Snellville man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of conspiracy and possession of a firearm in a drug trafficking crime related to a series of home invasions. <br> <br> Johnathan Dale was indicted with 15 other defendants last June for conspiracy to commit home invasions from January-December last year in Riverdale, College Park, Austell, Decatur, Union City and other parts of the metro Atlanta area. <br> <br> Also under indictment in the case and scheduled for trial next December second is a Fulton County deputy sheriff accused of providing sheriff&#39;s uniforms and information to accomplices who invaded the homes of suspected drug dealers, stealing narcotics, jewelry and cash. <br> <br> Thirty-three-year-old Deputy Brenda Wiggins provided the uniforms and information about the targets, according to the indictment. <br> <br> Wiggins has been suspended with pay and is free on $25,000 bond. <br> <br> Her lawyer, Akil Secret, said when she was indicted in July that Wiggins denies being involved in the distribution of narcotics or any direct involvement in home invasions. <br> <br> The indictment said Wiggins participated in the conspiracy from April 2001 through December. <br> <br> Dale could be sentenced to life in prison and fined up to two million dollars. Sentencing is scheduled for next January 29 before U.S. District Court Judge Clarence Cooper.

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