Man sentenced to prison in underage sex sting

February 26, 2018

Macon – A Milledgeville man was sentenced to seven years, five of them in prison, on Monday after he pleaded guilty to going to a local motel to meet an underage girl and her mother for sex in March 2015. Christopher Starling, 40, pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit child molestation and was sentenced…

Video: District Attorney’s Office News Conference

February 21, 2018

Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke held a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, in response to a Habeas Corpus petition filed Tuesday in the Stephen McDaniel case. Click the following link to watch the video. Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office news conference Feb. 21,2018 from MBTV on Vimeo. For more news from…

Student charged with making threats at school

February 20, 2018

Crawford County High School student Jokester “J.C.” Ussery, 17, was charged with terroristic threats Tuesday on allegations he threatened to shoot up the school Feb. 14. The incident was brought to the attention of the Roberta Police Department today. The school was closed Friday and Monday for the Presidents’ Day holiday. Ussery did not attend…

Man indicted in rape, molestation case

February 20, 2018

Bibb County grand jurors indicted a Macon man Tuesday in two cases on allegations he molested three girls – all aged 11 and younger – and raped one of them. Kenneth Cornell Mathis Sr., 49, is charged with rape, child molestation and criminal attempt to commit a felony stemming from alleged incidents in 2009 and…

Macon man indicted on child pornography charges

February 20, 2018

Bibb County grand jurors indicted a Macon man Tuesday on allegations he knowingly possessed images of child pornography in April 2016. Steven Charles Vanbibber, 38, is charged with 36 counts of sexual exploitation of children. An indictment is a charging document issued by grand jurors if the group determines probable cause exists for the case…

Man indicted in Macon dog shooting

February 20, 2018

Bibb County grand jurors indicted a Macon man Tuesday on charges stemming from allegations he shot a dog in 2016. Brandon Dakota Kitchens, 31, is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of an illegal weapon and criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark.…

Month: February 2018