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Macon Man Convicted of Stabbing Mother of His Children in Front of Their 3-Year-Old Daughter

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

Minutes after helping her change a flat tire, 35 year old Shawndarius Deonte Johnson got into the car with the mother of his children and stabbed her repeatedly in front of their 3-year-old daughter. On August 20, 2026, a Bibb County jury convicted Johnson on all...
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Inmate Sentenced to 40 Years for String of Violent Crimes Inside Bibb County Jail

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

Jaives Fountain was already sitting in the Bibb County jail when he stabbed a fellow inmate, brandished a shank at a jailer, started a fire, and inappropriately touched a female corrections officer. That pattern, spread across almost a dozen separate criminal cases,...
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Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation, Sentenced to 20 Years

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

Dante Ahke Withers, of Ohio, pleaded guilty Friday, August 14, 2026 to one count of Child Molestation. Withers was sentenced by a judge to 20 years, with the first 15 years to serve in confinement, followed by probation. Withers, then 29 years old, met the victim,...
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Man Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Homicide in Meth-Impaired Crash That Killed Motorcyclist

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

When Caleb Levi Hendrix, 34, told investigators his brakes had locked up as he swerved to avoid a motorcycle, one detail from the crash scene told a different story. The only skid marks on the road belonged to the victim’s father’s vehicle, which came upon the scene...
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Former Bibb County Jail Deputy Sentenced to 20 Years for Assaulting Inmate

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

Frederick Ogletree swore an oath to serve without partiality or malice. Prosecutors say he broke it by choking, tasing, and punching a woman in his custody, then smiling as he locked her in a cell. Ogletree, a former Bibb County jail deputy, pleaded guilty on August...
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Macon Man Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Stalking After Contacting Victim Mid-Trial, Sentenced to 10 Years

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

As jurors were being selected for his aggravated stalking trial, Jonathan Vincent Roland was still doing the very thing he was on trial for, which was contacting the woman a court had ordered him to leave alone. On the morning his trial was set to begin, he pleaded...
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Macon Man Pleads Guilty to Malice Murder in 2023 Shooting Death at Grandmother’s Home

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

A family’s home became a crime scene in April 2023, when a Macon man shot and killed a 21-year-old family friend on the second floor of that house. On August 12, 2026, Torey Antwan Burnette, 33, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to malice murder in the shooting death...
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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 20 Years on Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

A search that turned up hydrocodone pills, digital scales, packaging materials, thousands of dollars in cash, and two hidden handguns has landed a convicted felon a 20-year sentence. Oscar Abram pleaded guilty on August 4, 2026, to drug trafficking and firearm charges...
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Getaway Driver in Armed Vehicle Carjacking Sentenced to 20 Years

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

A quiet driveway on Mint Green Lane turned into a crime scene in seconds when a white SUV pulled up and masked, armed men jumped out demanding a couple's car at gunpoint. The man who drove the getaway vehicle, Wali Cooke, was sentenced on August 5, 2026, in Bibb...
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Woman Who Lured Robbery Victim to Hotel Sentenced to 25 Years

by | August 21, 2026 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

Destiny Boatman, 28, was sentenced by the Judge to 25 years, with the first 10 years to be served in the Department of Corrections, after pleading guilty on August 4, 2026, to Armed Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Entering an Automobile. Jury selection for the case...
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