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Cope pleads not guilty in Taco Bell crash
Attorneys seek insanity defense
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Oliver Baylen Cope
A teen charged with felony murder after crashing his car into a Swainsboro fast-food restaurant in September pled not guilty to murder and aggravated assault charges Wednesday in an Emanuel County courtroom. Oliver Baylen Cope, of Old River Road North, faces five civil complaints by victims and their families, as well as two felony murder charges, eight criminal charges of aggravated assault and a first-degree criminal damage to property charge after what Swainsboro police said was an intentional act. He crossed four lanes of traffic and slammed into a Taco Bell, killing 23-year-old Macy Lynn Purvis Mullis of Adrian, Georgia, on Sept. 28.
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