Macon-Bibb County

Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to setting fire to a New Clinton Road duplex in 2017. Rodney Kevin Curry, 47, pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced to 10 years, with the first four years to be served in prison. The judge additionally banished Curry from […]

Macon – Bibb County grand jurors indicted six defendants Tuesday in a string of alleged gang-influenced armed robberies. Juan Malik Parker, Anthony Rashad Love, Tiquan Jamir Spivey, Kani Harper, Eric Hill, and Deshannon Callaway, each are charged with three counts of violating the Georgia Racketter Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Parker, 18, of Macon, […]

Macon – Bibb County grand jurors indicted defendants in multiple Macon murder cases Tuesday. Jeffery Hunter Jr., 26, Kaylen Devon Johnson, 24 and Jedarrius Treonta Meadows Jr., 22, all of Macon, each are charged with malice murder, felony murder, and two counts of aggravated assault in the Dec.16, 2018, early morning shooting death of 33-year-old […]

Macon – Two men were sentenced to prison Tuesday in the 2016 shooting death of Mercer University basketball player Jibri Bryan. Damion Deray Henderson, 37, of Riverdale, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and voluntary manslaughter during a Tuesday morning hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. As part of a plea agreement, Henderson was sentenced to […]

Macon – With Crisis Line & Safe House facing possible furloughs and a reduction in services during the government shutdown earlier this year, the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office pledged to match donations up to $25,000 raised by Feb. 14. District Attorney David Cooke awarded Crisis Line & Safe House a contribution of $38,341 […]

Macon – Beginning Friday, the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office staff will have the aid of the nationally recognized Wargo French law firm in prosecuting civil forfeiture and racketeering cases. A judge swore in attorneys Arthur D. Brannan and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Stacey G. Evans Friday morning as Special Assistant District Attorneys. Wargo French […]

Macon – Two men pleaded guilty Tuesday to armed robbery and voluntary manslaughter in the 2016 shooting death of Rollie Bowden Vaughn on Macon’s Bethune Avenue. Jarodney M. Newberry, 24, and Rashad Deangelo Brown, 21, were sentenced to serve 30 years in prison. Twenty of the years must be served without the possibility of parole. […]

Macon –Three men charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of Arika “Lottie Dottie” Jarrell and Ralph Heard, and as part of a gang jail contraband ring, were sentenced to prison on Tuesday. Vincent Lewis, 41, pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter, two counts of racketeering and four counts of violating Georgia’s Street Gang […]

Macon – A Montrose man who shot a Macon man three days before Christmas in 2015 was sentenced to life in prison on Monday. Torrance Deon Rouse, 23, pleaded guilty to malice murder during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. Rouse won’t be eligible to be considered for parole until after he has served […]

Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, a day after the two-year anniversary of his victim’s shooting death. Robert Dewitt Cummings III, 57, pleaded guilty to malice murder during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. Cummings must serve at least 30 years before he can be considered for parole. […]