Bibb County Grand Jury New Year

by | Jan 18, 2023 | Indictment Alert, news

The Bibb County Grand Jury began the new year considering 60 cases, on January 10, 2023, including: 6 murder cases, 11 aggravated assault/battery cases, 2 armed robbery cases, 3 terroristic threat cases, 2 vehicular homicide cases, 2 cases of serious injury by vehicle, 2 child molestation/aggravated child molestation cases, 1 rape case, 1 arson case, 4 felony obstruction/fleeing and eluding cases, 7 burglary (1st/2nd) cases, 2 criminal damage to property cases, 1 Violation of Criminal Gang Statute case, 1 possession of firearm by convicted felon case, 4 cases involving violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, 8 cases of failure to register by a sex offender and 2 cases of driving while license suspended (felony grade).

DA Howard Concludes Review of In-Custody Death in Bibb County Jail

DA Howard Concludes Review of In-Custody Death in Bibb County Jail

The Bibb County District Attorney's Office has completed its independent review of the in-custody death of Stephen Fossett, which occurred at the Bibb County Jail on May 25, 2024. After a thorough examination of the evidence, District Attorney Anita Howard has...

Truck Driver Sentenced in Fatal Distracted Driving Case

Truck Driver Sentenced in Fatal Distracted Driving Case

On Monday, April 8, 2025, Arthur Waldrip was sentenced to 15 years, with the first six to be served in custody, after pleading guilty to Vehicular Homicide in the First Degree in Bibb County Superior Court on Monday, April 7, 2025. Waldrip, a commercial truck driver...

Bibb County Man Convicted for Murdering his Wife One Month After Marriage

Father Who Burned and Brutalized One-year-old Sentenced to 15 Years

A one-year-old child returned home from a weekend visit with his father covered in cigar burns, lacerations, carpet burns, and bruises from head to toe. That father, Timmy Dwayne Kemp, Jr., was sentenced on February 17, 2025 to 15 years, with 10 to serve in prison,...