Macon-Bibb County

Macon – Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke announced Wednesday afternoon the filing of a civil forfeiture action against a group of defendants accused of racketeering, money laundering, filing false tax returns and failure to pay taxes. A law enforcement investigation spanning many months uncovered evidence of illegal gambling at convenience stores across the […]

Macon – District Attorney David Cooke is proud to announce that the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office is set to receive $199,638 as a recipient of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) continuation grant. This grant, which includes $25,335 in matching funds from Macon-Bibb County, helps fund three victim advocate […]

Macon – A Macon man who kicked in his ex-girlfriend’s door in September 2017 and brandished an assault rifle pleaded guilty Friday to burglary and aggravated assault. Tommy Lewis Dumas Jr., 26, was sentenced to 12 years – with the first seven in prison – as part of a plea agreement. After his release, Dumas […]

Macon – Bibb County grand jurors indicted two men Tuesday in the Nov. 17, 2017, fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jonathan Risby on Fairview Avenue in east Macon. Anterrio Tremaine Stinson, 26, and Kelvin Dewayne Carswell, 38, each are charged with 12 counts of violation of the state’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, two counts […]

Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after a jury found him guilty of a March 18. 2016, aggravated assault that led to the death of 24-year-old Tarus Fair. The trial for Quintavious Marquez Hutchings, 25, began Tuesday in Bibb County Superior Court. Although grand jurors additionally indicted Hutchings on […]

Fort Valley – A Fort Valley man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Monday in the Feb. 24, 2018, fatal shooting of another man at a Fort Valley apartment. Corey Darnell McKinney Jr., 21, was sentenced to serve 20 years, with the first 12 years in prison, during a hearing in Peach County Superior Court. After […]

Macon – The GBI charged a woman with kidnapping Thursday as part of an investigation into a 1991 missing person case. Melinda McSwain, 46, of Broxton, is charged with kidnapping in connection to the Sabrina Long missing person investigation. Long was last seen at her Macon home on Aug. 14, 1991. The case, although nearly […]

Macon – Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke announced Friday the results of a several months-long investigation into allegations of illegal conduct related to Fort Valley State University. Warrants were issued Tuesday for the following individuals as a result of a GBI investigation with assistance from the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, and […]

Macon – A repeat felon was sentenced to another 20 years behind bars late Tuesday after jurors found him guilty of shooting a woman in 2016. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours before finding 48-year-old Julius Laverneius Muff guilty of aggravated assault. Due to his criminal history, Muff won’t be eligible for parole. Prosecutors […]

Macon – Additional charges have been filed against defendants in an alleged timber fraud racketeering case impacting victims across the state. Investigators with the Georgia Forestry Commission began serving additional arrest warrants today on defendants linked to Pike County-based Cox Land and Timber Inc. Last month, John Barnhart Cox, 49, of Williamson, was charged with […]