Lies, a false identity, and two firearms stuffed in an oven weren’t enough to save Hiakeem Dillard from justice. On March 3, 2026, Dillard was sentenced to 25 years, the first 10 to be served in prison, for shooting his domestic partner and a string of additional...
Jaqwan Johnson, 19, of Fort Valley, was sentenced on Tuesday, February 18, 2026 to 45 years, with the first 20 to be served in the Georgia Department of Corrections, after pleading guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm...
On February 11, 2026, just after a jury had been chosen, Darius McKenzie pleaded guilty to two counts of Aggravated Assault and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony stemming from a domestic violence incident in which he opened fire on his...
When Khayri Wilder, Sr. climbed into the backseat of a car knowing a loaded firearm was inside, he made a choice. Wilder is a convicted felon legally barred from possessing a weapon. When he lied to deputies about his identity to hide active warrants, he made another...
A family connection turned deadly when Hdywandus Hdyminus Harden, 43, orchestrated a violent armed robbery and kidnapping that left his victim shot five times and abandoned on the roadside in broad daylight. On the evening of February 4, 2026, a Bibb County jury found...