Macon – A Macon man pleaded guilty to armed robbery and aggravated assault Tuesday stemming from a Sept. 29, 2016, heist at the Family Dollar at 2123 Pio Nono Avenue. As a result of his plea, 27-year-old Jerome Dercuse Nelson was sentenced to 20 years, 10 of them in prison. Nelson must serve his prison […]
Macon – A tennis coach pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting a 15-year-old student in 2016. Benjamin Joseph Swain, 44, of Charlotte, N.C., pleaded guilty to enticing a child for indecent purposes and child molestation during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. Swain was sentenced to 30 years, a dozen of them in prison. After […]
Macon — A panel of experts in the field of juvenile crime including Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke and Clayton County Juvenile Court Chief Judge Steven C. Teske spoke to a group at Mercer University’s law school on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, about alternatives to incarcerating juveniles. Click the following link to watch excerpts […]
Macon – A Locust Grove man was sentenced to 15 years, three of them in prison, Monday for his part in a nearly $80,000 insurance fraud scheme. Christopher Lorenzo Battle, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. As part of his sentence, Battle also must help […]
Macon – A Macon man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years, 10 of them in prison without the possibility of parole, for his part in a July 13, 2016, armed robbery outside the Starbucks on Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard in Macon. Travonta Deshawn Sinclair, 22, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and violating the state’s Street […]
Macon – Bond was revoked Thursday for Logan Riley Nettles, a Lizella man charged with aggravated assault – family violence, during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. Nettles, 19, was arrested Feb. 13 on a bench warrant requested by Chief Assistant District Attorney Nancy Scott Malcor after he failed to appear at a Feb. […]
Macon – A Milledgeville man was sentenced to seven years, five of them in prison, on Monday after he pleaded guilty to going to a local motel to meet an underage girl and her mother for sex in March 2015. Christopher Starling, 40, pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit child molestation and was sentenced […]
Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke held a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, in response to a Habeas Corpus petition filed Tuesday in the Stephen McDaniel case. Click the following link to watch the video. Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office news conference Feb. 21,2018 from MBTV on Vimeo. For more news from […]
Bibb County grand jurors indicted a Macon man Tuesday on charges stemming from allegations he shot a dog in 2016. Brandon Dakota Kitchens, 31, is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of an illegal weapon and criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark. […]
Bibb County grand jurors indicted a Macon man Tuesday on allegations he knowingly possessed images of child pornography in April 2016. Steven Charles Vanbibber, 38, is charged with 36 counts of sexual exploitation of children. An indictment is a charging document issued by grand jurors if the group determines probable cause exists for the case […]
