Athens-Clarke County police arrested on Tuesday a 30-year-old man for allegedly assaulting an Athens woman and her children the same day they picked him up from prison.
Marcus Jermaine Sims allegedly beat the 30-year-old woman, refused to let her leave her own home, kicked her 9-year-old son and roughed up the woman’s 12-year-old daughter while on a violent drug and alcohol binge, said police.
Sims has never lived with the family. The adult victim told police he had been incarcerated during their entire relationship.