Jesse Fraga

2 days ago | macon.com | Jesse Fraga

A man shot a woman dead, then killed himself, in Warner Robins on Wednesday, according to the Warner Robins Police Department. A person called 911, then hung up, prompting officers to conduct a welfare check, a news release from the police department stated. Police responded to a home on Hillcrest Avenue around 6:30 p.m. and “found the male in the backyard deceased with a gunshot wound,” and a woman inside the home, also dead from a gunshot wound.

4 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jesse Fraga

Detainee dies by suicide at Bibb County Jail, sheriff’s office says. What we knowBibb County Sheriff’s Office sits off of Oglethorpe Street on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Macon, Georgia. A detainee died by suicide on June 23, 2025, deputies said. A detainee died by suicide in the Bibb County Jail Monday night, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

1 week ago | macon.com | Jesse Fraga

One of the suspects charged in the deadly Macon bar shooting from May, who was previously incarcerated in South Carolina on drug charges, briefly returned to Bibb County Wednesday to face a judge for his murder charges, jail records show. Muchman Bond III, who was accused of the murders of Javarsia Meadows, Jedarrius Meadows Jr. and Javonta Faulks, after a shooting at Midtown Daiquiri Bar and Grill on May 18, briefly returned to Bibb County Wednesday for a court appearance, Sgt.

1 week ago | macon.com | Jesse Fraga

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commission approved a budget of almost $219.8 million Tuesday night, which will fund the county from July 1 to June 30, 2026. The budget remains largely unchanged from the proposed budget presented in May, with increases to salaries and benefits for county employees a priority, as well as more money for public safety, recreation, information technology and beautification.

1 week ago | macon.com | Jesse Fraga

A 2-year-old died in a possible drowning at a home in Forsyth Saturday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were dispatched around 4:45 p.m. to a “possible drowning at a residence” in a rural area off Gose Road, a news release from the sheriff’s office said. Deputies arrived and saw CPR being performed on the child, the release said. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, deputies said.