Gwinnett man charged with murder, rape, incest

The death of a 15-month-old girl led police to arrest a Gwinnett County man on a number of charges, including felony murder, aggravated sodomy and incest.

The child, Alcenti Mcintosh, passed away Tuesday. She was brought to Northside Hospital in Fulton County by her father, 44-year-old Calvin Mcintosh, and was pronounced dead there. Medical personnel determined Alcenti Mcintosh was neglected and abused. An autopsy ruled starvation as the cause of death.

Gwinnett County Police investigated Calvin Mcintosh's home at the Extended Stay America hotel in the 7000 block of Jimmy Carter Boulevard, where they found his 23-year-old daughter Najlaa and three children, ages 5, 3 and 3. Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter said all three children were severely malnourished.

Police found another person in the hotel room, 21-year-old Iasia Sweeting. When officers arrived, Sweeting was wrapped in a blanket and lying on the floor; Ritter said she weighed only 59 pounds.

An investigation determined Calvin Mcintosh fathered Alcenti Mcintosh and another one of the children with Sweeting. He fathered the other two children with his biological daughter Najlaa. Ritter said Calvin Mcintosh ordered Najlaa to deprive Sweeting and the children of food if they were disobedient.

While executing a search warrant on the hotel room, police uncovered literature and notes about the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, an Islam-based cult known for being a sovereign group.

Calvin and Najlaa Mcintosh were charged with four counts each of first-degree cruelty to children and one count each of felony murder, malice murder, cruelty to a physically disabled adult and second-degree cruelty to children. Calvin Mcintosh was also charged with rape, incest and aggravated sodomy against Najlaa.

Both suspects are being held without bond in the Gwinnett County Jail.

The three surviving children were taken into DFCS custody, and Sweeting is in serious condition at an area hospital.