Macon-Bibb County

Macon – The father of a mentally disabled Macon man was sentenced to 20 years, six of them in prison, on Wednesday after a judge found him guilty of neglect. Casson Laquan Hall Sr., 42, was convicted of neglect to a disabled adult following a two-day bench trial in February and March. In a bench […]

Macon – On Wednesday, Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke announced his office’s filling of a civil racketeering lawsuit against Pike County-based Cox Land and Timber Inc. and six co-conspirators. The case involves allegations of illegal conduct in at least 16 counties — Bibb, Baldwin, Dodge, Fayette, Greene, Hancock, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, […]

Macon – A Warner Robins man struck by a van in 2017 after he robbed a man at gunpoint was sentenced to prison Monday. Phillip Elbert Griffin, 19, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to 20 years, with the first dozen in prison. He entered his plea in Bibb County Superior Court. If […]

Macon – A Macon man pleaded guilty Wednesday to child molestation stemming from an encounter with a 14-year-old boy when he offered the boy money for sex. Timothy Bernard Revis, 51, pleaded guilty during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. He was sentenced to serve 20 years, 10 of them in prison. Revis also […]

Macon – Jurors deliberated less than two hours Tuesday before finding two men guilty in the 2015 murder of 23-year-old Vernard Mays, a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office warrants clerk. Curtis Dewayne Jackson, 25, and Addonis Xavier Rhodes, 19, each were convicted of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and one count of violating Georgia’s […]

Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to prison Monday in the Sept. 11, 2016, fatal shooting of 36-year-old Ralfeale Carnell Lowe. Qontavis Markis Bryant, 20, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and armed robbery during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. Pursuant to plea negotiations, Bryant was sentenced to serve 40 years, 28 of […]

Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to his part in a 2016 drive-by shooting. Vashawn Demontez Berry, 22, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. He was sentenced to serve 20 years, with the first eight of […]

Macon – A 34-year-old Macon man was sentenced to prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Taurean Dennardo Pitts pleaded guilty to child molestation and statutory rape during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. A judge sentenced him to serve 30 years, 20 of them in prison. […]

Macon – On Monday, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis announced the arrest of 32 individuals as part of a joint investigation into gang activity in Macon-Bibb County and the use of contraband cell phones in the jail. This spring, the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office authorized and paid for wiretaps to listen in on […]

Macon – Three years ago, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Jimmy Culver Jr. put his name on the waiting list to attend the National Forensic Academy. The highly sought-after training for crime scene technicians takes place at the University of Tennessee, home of The Body Farm. After hearing that Culver was at risk of losing […]