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Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Awards Pedestrian Safety Grant to Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office

by Clayton Teague | December 17, 2025 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

In a collaborative effort to protect pedestrians and save lives, the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety has partnered with the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, awarding a $211,425.74 grant to launch Project P.A.U.S.E. (Pedestrian Awareness...

District Attorney Anita Howard to Host Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Symposium

by Clayton Teague | October 28, 2025 | Announcements, news | 0 Comments

"With Survivors, Always" Event Brings Together Community Leaders, Survivors, and Advocates to Combat Domestic Violence in Central Georgia. MACON, GA – District Attorney Anita Howard invites community members, leaders, and public servants to join her for the annual...

Michael Lipford Trial Continued in Peach County

by Clayton Teague | October 9, 2025 | Announcements, news | 0 Comments

Following three days of contentious motions and jury selection in the Peach County case of State v. Michael Ryan Lipford (20-CR-206) and just before opening statements were to be given by the parties, this case was unexpectedly continued by the Court. Lipford is...

Justice Journal Background Material

by Clayton Teague | September 16, 2025 | Announcements, news | 0 Comments

Jail Inmate Pleads Guilty in Death of Jail Deputy

by Clayton Teague | July 28, 2025 | Conviction Alert, news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

On July 28, 2025, Albert Booze entered a Guilty plea to Voluntary Manslaughter and Aggravated Battery in connection with the April 6, 2021 death of Bibb County Deputy Christopher Knight. Mr. Booze was sentenced to 25 years, with 13 years to serve in prison and 12...

The Prosecutor Behind the Paper Trail… Deed Fraud

by Clayton Teague | July 10, 2025 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

How One ADA’s Determination Exposed a Countywide Fraud Scheme and Sparked Reform When Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Johnson investigated what seemed like a simple property deed fraud case in late 2022, he could have closed the file after one victim. Instead, he...

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

by Clayton Teague | April 9, 2025 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

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...

Caleb Hooten Case Review

by Clayton Teague | May 30, 2024 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

Statement from Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney Anita Howard Regarding the Officer Involved Shooting of Caleb D. Hooten On May 29th, 2024, I met with the family of Caleb D. Hooten to inform them that, after a thorough and independent investigation by the...

Case Update: Caleb Hooten

by Clayton Teague | February 16, 2024 | news, Press Releases | 0 Comments

Case Update: Caleb Hooten On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, Caleb Hooten was shot by a Peach County Deputy. That matter was investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and brought to the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office in January 2024 for review....

Response to Media Inquiry

by Clayton Teague | December 15, 2023 | Announcements, news | 0 Comments

On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, I sent a letter to the chairman of the Macon Water Authority requesting the investigative report developed by David Cooke. Ideally, this report whether complete or not, should have been sent to the sheriff and me immediately so we could...

Man Who Shot Cousin While on Probation for Shooting Aunt Receives Maximum 19-Year Prison Sentence

by Sarah Rodriguez | Apr 1, 2026 | Conviction Alert, news

Seven days. That was all the time that passed between Michael Fuller being placed on probation for shooting at his own aunt and his decision to...

Jury Convicts Purse Snatcher in Just 12 Minutes; Defense Tactics to Discredit Law Enforcement and Demean Witnesses Fail to Sway Jury

by Sarah Rodriguez | Mar 27, 2026 | Conviction Alert, news

BIBB COUNTY, GA — On Sunday, August 21, 2022, the victim stopped at the Publix on Thomaston Road after church when Andrew Gene Thomas, III violently...