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Man faces prison for burning home, car of woman who rejected him
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SMYRNA, Ga. - A Union City man faces 20 years in prison and 10 years probation after he was found guilty of setting fire to a woman s bedroom and car in a jealous rage.
A spokesperson for the Cobb District Attorney s Office said 29-year-old Jerel Jay Wilson committed arson in 2018 incidents separated by a few weeks.
Prosecutors said Wilson first broke into a woman s home after he d been texting her about her new boyfriend and set fire to her bedroom. Several weeks later, prosecutors said Wilson attacked the woman in a hotel parking lot and set her car on fire when he found out she was driving a man to a Smyrna hotel.