DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A man has been convicted in two 1986 rape cases after new DNA testing linked him to the decades-old crimes, authorities said Friday.

DeKalb man convicted of multiple rapes

What we know:

A DeKalb County jury found Jeffrey Briney, 61, guilty on multiple charges related to two violent home invasions and sexual assaults that occurred in 1986, according to prosecutors. The charges include four counts of rape, seven counts of kidnapping, seven counts of aggravated assault, five counts of attempted armed robbery, two counts of armed robbery, one count of aggravated sodomy and three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

The first attack occurred on March 28, 1986, when four men forced their way into an apartment on Briarwood Road, according

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