Macon-Bibb County

Macon – Jurors deliberated 30 minutes Thursday before finding an Acworth man guilty in the 2016 aggravated child molestation of a then-4-year-old girl. Dowridge Lamont Foster-Waithe, 21, was sentenced to life in prison. Chief Assistant District Attorney Nancy Scott Malcor and Assistant District Attorney Cara Fiore presented evidence during the Bibb County Superior Court trial […]

Macon – Representatives from the District Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, Bibb County Juvenile Court, Bibb County Schools, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice and other government and community partners met Monday to make decisions about how to implement a School-Justice Partnership. The partnership, modeled on successes experienced by Clayton County’s schools […]

Macon – Staff from the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office participated in four career day events this spring at Bibb County elementary and middle schools. Prosecutors, victim advocates and support staff volunteered to man information tables at Williams Elementary in March and at Heard Elementary and Ballard Hudson Middle schools in May. They answered […]

Macon – Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Tuesday before finding a Macon man guilty in the 2014 burglary of his neighbor’s home. Warren Jessie Ferguson, 58, was found guilty of burglary at the conclusion of a two-day trial in Bibb County Superior Court. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison without the […]

Macon – A Macon man pleaded guilty to robbery by sudden snatching Monday and was sentenced to 10 years, four of them in prison. Jaquize Mcgell Johnson, 25, entered his plea during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. If the case had gone to trial, prosecutor Jonathan Gordon would have presented evidence that Johnson […]

Macon – A Macon man pleaded guilty to robbery by force Tuesday, a year after he forced his way into the cash booth at the Quick Zip on Pio Nono Avenue, fought with employees and stole money. Gerald Lynn Clover Jr., 39, was sentenced to 10 years, four of them in prison, during a hearing […]

Macon – Bibb County grand jurors met Tuesday and returned indictments in four Macon murder cases and 14 other cases. An indictment is a charging document issued by grand jurors if the group determines probable cause exists for the case to move forward toward trial. Each defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until […]

Macon – A Macon man pleaded guilty to child molestation Tuesday just before his trial was set to begin. Reginald Alonzo Brice, 46, was sentenced to serve 20 years, 12 of them in prison. If the case had gone to trial, Chief Assistant District Attorney Nancy Scott Malcor and Assistant District Attorney Cara Fiore would […]

Macon – A Chauncey man pleaded guilty to armed robbery Monday in the Nov. 8, 2017, hold-up of a Citgo station on Shurling Drive. Ronald Edward Goucher, 44, was sentenced to 20 years in prison during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. Goucher must serve his entire sentence without the possibility of parole. If […]

Macon – The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office will match all funds raised today at the Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia’s 4th annual golf tournament held at Healy Point Country Club. The money will be used to help the center provide free services to victims of domestic violence, rape, child abuse and other […]