Burglar shot, caught with spy camera draws prison sentence

December 21, 2017

Macon – A man shot last year after being found unlawfully inside his ex-girlfriend’s south Bibb County home pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglary and was sentenced to 10 years, three of them in prison. If the case had gone to trial, prosecutor David Rhoden would have presented evidence showing: Blake Elliot Herman, 35, of Macon,…

Man sentenced to prison in 2016 GameStop robbery

December 19, 2017

Macon – A Bibb County Superior Court judge sentenced a 25-year-old Macon man to 20 years, 10 of them in prison, Monday in connection with a 2016 robbery at GameStop on Presidential Parkway in Macon. Derrick Dwayne Lamb was found guilty of armed robbery and aggravated assault in a Nov. 8 bench trial. Prosecutor Neil…

Macon man indicted on rape charge

December 19, 2017

Macon — Bibb County grand jurors indicted a 44-year-old Macon man Tuesday on rape and other charges stemming from allegations he assaulted a woman Sept. 17, 2017. Moses Dewayne Hall is accused of striking a woman with a board with a nail in it, stomping and kicking the woman and raping her, according to an…

Macon man indicted on charges of arson, aggravated assault

December 19, 2017

Macon — Bibb County grand jurors indicted a Macon man Tuesday on allegations he started a fire at a home on New Clinton Road Oct. 7, 2017, with the intent to murder a man inside. Rodney Kevin Curry, 46, is charged with arson in the first degree and aggravated assault, according to an indictment filed…

District Attorney’s Office to receive nearly $200,000 to fund victim advocate positions

December 19, 2017

Macon – Macon-Bibb County Commissioners voted Tuesday to accept a $101,341 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) continuation award and a $72,962 grant to help fund the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office’s victim advocate programs. VOCA funds will be used to continue to fund two existing positions while the grant will allow the district attorney’s…

Former deputy indicted, charged with violating his oath

December 12, 2017

Macon – Grand jurors indicted a former Bibb County deputy Tuesday on charges of aggravated assault and violation of oath by a public officer. Albert James Jordan, 52, is accused of unlawfully pointing a gun at a man at the Citgo on Rocky Creek Road on Aug. 19, 2017. An indictment is a charging document issued…

Month: December 2017