Marietta Police have arrested a man for raping a contract employee at the apartment where he is a resident.
Officer David Baldwin tells WSB the woman was cleaning a vacant apartment at the Ashford Retreat Apartments on Windy Hill Road Wednesday when she was attacked.
"She was attacked by an unknown suspect who approached her with a knife and stole an unknown amount of money from her.
Baldwin says they managed to arrest Norris Leonard, who lived in the apartment across from where the attack occurred, in less than 24 hours.
During this encounter, he also sexually assaulted the victim and then eventually locked her into a closet in the back bedroom and fled," said Baldwin.
"The one thing that we do know is that there is no relationship at all between the two. It was actually a stranger attack," said Baldwin.
Police believe this was an isolated incident but, if there are other victims out there they are encouraged to call Marietta Police at 770-794-6990.