Macon-Bibb County

Macon – A Macon man pleaded guilty Tuesday to his part in a 2017 shooting. A trial had been set to begin Tuesday for 24-year-old Kendre Sherrick Brown. Brown pleaded guilty to aggravated assault before jury selection began. A judge sentenced him to 20 years. The first 10 years of Brown’s sentence must be served […]

Macon – A man associated with a Macon street gang was sentenced to prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to his part in the burglary of a woman’s Macon home in 2016 and an associated shooting. Markell Keshon Clark, 24, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, burglary and violating Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention […]

Macon – Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke announced Thursday the dismantling of one of the largest illegal gambling operations in Georgia. The District Attorney’s Office entered into a more than $14 million civil forfeiture settlement this week with Georgia Atlanta Amusements LLC, its owners and associates. As a condition of the settlement, Georgia […]

Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison Wednesday, nearly two weeks after jurors found him guilty of shooting a man and leaving him paralyzed. Denyke Trayvon Glenn, 23, was convicted of armed robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery on May 16 following a four-day trial in Bibb County Superior […]

Macon – Bibb County jurors returned a guilty verdict Wednesday in the trial for a Hawkinsville man who traveled to Macon with the intent to have sex with an underaged girl. David Martin Conatser, 54, was convicted of one count of criminal attempt to commit aggravated child molestation and one count of computer pornography and […]

In response to the multiple requests for comment about Georgia’s new ‘Heartbeat’ law, Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke issued the following statement today: “As District Attorney, I swore an oath to uphold the constitution and I intend to honor my oath. My office will continue its long-standing practice of supporting and protecting women […]

Macon – District Attorney David Cooke and Macon-Bibb County School-Justice Partnership Coordinator Tajalyn Woodruff were honored Friday during the Macon Bar Association’s annual Law Day program. Cooke was the recipient of the bar association’s 2019 Lawyer of the Year Award. The award recognizes a lawyer with a minimum of 15 years experience who has a […]

Macon – Jurors found a 23-year-old Macon man guilty of armed robbery and other charges Thursday following a four-day trial in Bibb County Superior Court. Denyke Trayvon Glenn was convicted of armed robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. His sentencing date has not yet been set. He could face a sentence of up to life […]

Macon – Bibb County grand jurors voted Tuesday to indict five defendants in a multi-county timber fraud case that involves a number of elderly victims. John Barnhardt Cox, 50, of Williamson; Brenda Owings Jones, 64, of Zebulon; Jonathon Ashley May, 45, of Williamson; Jack David Uselton, 49, of McDonough; and James Lafayette Weldon, 47, of […]

Macon – Bibb County grand jurors voted Tuesday to indict a man and a woman in the January 2019 death of 1-year-old King Henderson. Akym Malek Henderson, 22, and Jaimie Lynn Howard, 20, both of Macon, each are charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree. Henderson is […]