District Attorney’s Office to hold Records Restriction information session

April 16, 2019

Macon – The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office will hold a Records Restriction information session from 5 to 7 p.m. May 6 in Courtroom C of the Bibb County courthouse. O.C.G.A. 35-3-37 provides for the restriction of certain criminal history records for non-criminal justice purposes (such as for employment) when approved by a prosecuting…

Seven indicted in Peach County prostitution case

April 5, 2019

Fort Valley – An indictment was returned this week charging seven defendants in a Peach County prostitution case. The case is a result of a nearly year-long investigation into illegal conduct related to Fort Valley State University. Each defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until he/she is proven guilty in a court of…

Warner Robins man indicted in 2017 Byron fatal shooting

April 5, 2019

Fort Valley – Peach County grand jurors have voted to indict a Warner Robins man in the 2017 fatal shooting of a man at 136 Twin Lakes Court in Byron. The indictment was returned in Peach County Superior Court this week. David Lee Billings, 58, is charged with malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault…

Macon man sentenced to 55 years in child pornography case

April 1, 2019

Macon – A Macon man was sentenced to prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to possessing 36 images of child pornography. As part of a plea agreement, 40-year-old Steven Charles Vanbibber pleaded guilty to 36 counts of sexual exploitation of children during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court. He was sentenced to serve 55…

Month: April 2019