Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to molesting a 4-year-old girl in 2016. Dexter Jarrod Burnett, 31, must serve 20 years, with the first 15 to be served in prison. After his release, he must abide by sex offender conditions of probation. Burnett pleaded guilty to […]
Macon – The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office will hold a Records Restriction information session from 5 to 7 p.m. May 6 in Courtroom C of the Bibb County courthouse. O.C.G.A. 35-3-37 provides for the restriction of certain criminal history records for non-criminal justice purposes (such as for employment) when approved by a prosecuting […]
Macon — Bibb County grand jurors voted Tuesday to indict three men in separate rape cases. According to the indictments filed in Bibb County Superior Court: Richard Albert Jackson Sr., 61, of Macon, is charged with rape and reckless conduct stemming from allegations he had sex with a woman against her will in March 2018 […]
Macon – Bibb County grand jurors voted Tuesday to indict 33 defendants accused of racketeering activity involving gang members and their associates using contraband cell phones to continue illegal street gang operations in the community from behind bars. The charges stem from Operation Blueprint, a several months-long multi-agency investigation. According to the indictment: Investigators obtained […]
Macon – The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office will hold a Records Restriction information session from 5 to 7 p.m. May 6 in Courtroom C of the Bibb County courthouse. O.C.G.A. 35-3-37 provides for the restriction of certain criminal history records for non-criminal justice purposes (such as for employment) when approved by a prosecuting […]
Fort Valley – Peach County grand jurors have voted to indict a Warner Robins man in the 2017 fatal shooting of a man at 136 Twin Lakes Court in Byron. The indictment was returned in Peach County Superior Court this week. David Lee Billings, 58, is charged with malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault […]
Fort Valley – An indictment was returned this week charging seven defendants in a Peach County prostitution case. The case is a result of a nearly year-long investigation into illegal conduct related to Fort Valley State University. Each defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until he/she is proven guilty in a court of […]
Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to possessing 36 images of child pornography. As part of a plea agreement, 40-year-old Steven Charles Vanbibber pleaded guilty to 36 counts of sexual exploitation of children during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. He was sentenced to serve 55 […]
Macon – Bibb County jurors deliberated for a little more than an hour Wednesday before finding a Milledgeville man guilty of aggravated child molestation, child molestation and other related charges. A judge sentenced 32-year-old Demarcus Antwon Davis to life in prison followed by an additional 30 years in prison. Prosecutors Cara Fiore and Mark Daniel […]
Macon – A Gray man was sentenced to prison Tuesday in the Halloween 2017 fatal shooting of Stewart Leslie Gordon Jr. outside a house on Macon’s Burton Avenue. Jace Tyler Jenkins, 22, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years. The first 12 years must be served in prison. He will serve […]
