Macon – After participating in a two-day presentation and discussion, prosecutors, representatives from the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, Bibb County School District and other government and community partners have developed the framework for a new school-justice partnership. The partnership, modeled on successes experienced by Clayton County’s schools and juvenile court, will focus on addressing […]
Macon – A woman who formerly worked in two Macon medical offices pleaded guilty Monday to 49 counts of theft by taking and one count of forgery. Melissa Dyan Zediker, 46, was sentenced to 30 years, five of them in prison. She also must pay $711,881 in restitution. If the case had gone to trial, […]
Macon – The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office is set to host a site visit Monday and Tuesday for a new Bibb County school-juvenile justice partnership. Representatives from the district attorney’s office, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Bibb County School District, Bibb County Juvenile Court, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, Bibb County Department of Family […]
Macon – Bibb County jurors deliberated for more than two hours Thursday before finding a man guilty of malice murder in the 2016 fatal shooting of 37-year-old Marcus Braswell. Brandon Trayvon Haywood, 27, also was found guilty of felony murder and aggravated assault. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. […]
Macon – The Bibb County District Attorney’s Office’s Victim-Witness Assistance Program has been named a 2018 honorary awardee for the National Organization for Victim Assistance’s Tadini Bacigalupi Jr. Award. The recognition was announced in preparation for the annual National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, held April 8 through April 14. Since District Attorney David Cooke took […]
Macon – Bibb County grand jurors indicted a 36-year-old Macon man Tuesday on allegations he engaged in sex acts with a then-14-year-old girl in March 2017. Willie James Davis is charged with statutory rape and aggravated child molestation, according to an indictment filed in Bibb County Superior Court. An indictment is a charging document issued by […]
Macon – Bibb County grand jurors indicted two Macon men Tuesday on allegations stemming from a December 2017, shooting on Ruby Street. Shelley Davis Johnson Jr., 36, and Dekeledricks Jamal Jacobs, 27, are charged with aggravated battery and five counts of aggravated assault. Johnson additionally is charged with four counts of dog fighting. Johnson and […]
Macon – Bibb County grand jurors indicted a Macon woman Tuesday on four counts of cruelty to children in the first degree stemming from allegations he caused a 3-year-old boy to sustain a string of injuries on Sept. 1, 2017. Latonya Demetira Stephens, 39, is accused of causing the boy to sustain a non-accidental traumatic brain […]
Macon – Bibb County grand jurors indicted a 28-year-old Macon man Tuesday in the rape of a woman in east Macon Feb. 5 and the attempted rape of another woman on the same day. Jamal Chris Rowe is charged with rape, criminal attempt to commit rape, two counts of burglary and three counts of aggravated assault, […]
Macon – A judge sentenced a Macon man to serve 25 years in prison Monday in the 2015 rape of a mentally ill and intellectually disabled woman behind the Kroger supermarket on North Avenue. Bibb County jurors deliberated for less than an hour before finding 25-year-old David Lee Davis guilty in February. Davis must serve […]
