http://www.macon.com/210/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2009 Macon Telegraph Crime & Courts 60 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:03:48 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/210/story/909652.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/909652.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:47 EST The Georgia Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments today from attorneys on the Court of Appeals of Georgia’s reversal of a 2007 Dooly County Superior Court conviction of former Unadilla Police Chief Leonard Smith. http://www.macon.com/210/story/907773.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/907773.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:47 EST A Warner Robins man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty Friday to beating another man to death in 2006. http://www.macon.com/210/story/907747.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/907747.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54 EST While the mother of the 15-year-old girl charged with bringing a gun to Howard High School says it was out of self-defense, school officials said Friday it was more about a relationship gone sour. http://www.macon.com/210/story/907797.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/907797.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:06 EST WARNER ROBINS — A 90-day effort to curb drunken drivers, speeders and motorists not wearing seat belts began Friday in Houston County. To highlight the initiative, the Thunder Taskforce motorcade of about 85 law enforcement officers rolled into Houston County on Interstate 75 on Friday afternoon. http://www.macon.com/210/story/907810.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/907810.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:03 EST Cordele police officers arrested a man who allegedly entered a residence with a shotgun and demanded money, according to a news release. http://www.macon.com/210/story/907811.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/907811.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:05 EST A 23-year-old Milledeville man has been sentenced to serve 17 years in prison and another 23 on probation in connection with a robbery and attempted armed robbery at a Milledgeville convenience store. http://www.macon.com/210/story/907808.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/907808.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59 EST Shots were fired at a moving car on Pierce Avenue at about 2 a.m. Friday, according to Macon police. http://www.macon.com/210/story/906482.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/906482.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:21 EST Two ninth-graders at Howard High School were charged Thursday with bringing a loaded gun to school, renewing concerns among parents about systemwide school security. http://www.macon.com/210/story/906491.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/906491.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:01 EST A black male in his 20s entered the front of Burghard Elementary School “belligerent and loud,” said David Gowan, Bibb County school system’s director of risk management. http://www.macon.com/210/story/906484.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/906484.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41 EST WARNER ROBINS — A Houston County judge sentenced two men to life in prison Thursday afternoon for an armed robbery and sexual assault in Houston County in 2007. http://www.macon.com/210/story/906494.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/906494.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:01 EST A Bibb County sheriff’s deputy Sunday morning Tasered a man whom he had pulled over for reckless driving and speeding, a sheriff’s report said. http://www.macon.com/210/story/906483.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/906483.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:01 EST In the wake of a second handgun incident at a Bibb County school this year, Telegraph reporter Joe Kovac Jr. spoke to Ken Trump, a school safety expert, by phone Thursday about the issue of weapons in schools. Trump is president of National School Safety and Security Services, a Cleveland, Ohio, consulting firm. Trump has appeared on several network TV news programs and been quoted in major newspapers and magazines. http://www.macon.com/210/story/905001.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/905001.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:10 EST Lawyers representing a man charged with setting a fire that killed two young Macon boys are asking a judge to compel CrimeStoppers to give up a tipster’s identity. http://www.macon.com/210/story/905052.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/905052.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:27 EST The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two gunmen who robbed a store Tuesday night at the intersection of U.S. 80 and Ga. 338. http://www.macon.com/210/story/905050.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/905050.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:10 EST Cordele police arrested two people following a Monday armed robbery of the CVS pharmacy on East 16th Avenue. Travis Deonta Curtis and an unnamed juvenile were arrested Tuesday, according to a news release from the Cordele Police Department. http://www.macon.com/210/story/903684.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/903684.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:58 EST If you ask law enforcement officers, they will tell you finding a marijuana grove is the easy part. It is a far more difficult task to catch the cultivator of the crop. http://www.macon.com/210/story/903670.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/903670.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:09 EST A man with a gun robbed Tom’s Mart, 2031 Shurling Drive, at about 3:20 a.m. Tuesday, according to Macon police. http://www.macon.com/210/story/902384.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/902384.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:31 EST A Macon police drug dog was struck by an SUV on Sunday night in a hit-and-run accident on Riverside Drive. http://www.macon.com/210/story/902389.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/902389.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:25 EST Two armed men robbed Dollar General, 2480 Shurling Drive, at about 9 p.m. Saturday, Macon police said. http://www.macon.com/210/story/902381.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/902381.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:02 EST Bibb County sheriff’s deputies detained a man who tried to escape from another deputy while in custody at the State Court probation office Oct. 26, a report said.