Macon woman arrested on 230 charges of theft, forgery related to McAfee Towers rent payments

A local woman is in jail on charges that she “mishandled” payments from tenants at an east Macon affordable housing apartment complex.

Crystal Denise Brown, 36 of Macon, was arrested Tuesday. She faces 104 counts of theft by conversion and forgery in the third degree, as well as 12 counts of computer forgery. Brown was still held in the Bibb County jail Wednesday afternoon, with no bond set.

Brown was apparently responsible for handling money order payments from tenants at McAfee Towers on Gray Highway, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s office. The high rise has 199 units, according to the Macon Housing Authority.

Brown had previously been arrested on forgery and theft charges, according to court records.

Caleb Slinkard

The Telegraph

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Caleb Slinkard is the Georgia Editor for McClatchy, running the Macon Telegraph and Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newsrooms. Previously, he led newsrooms for the El Dorado (Ark.) News-Times, the Norman (Okla.) Transcript and the Greenville (Texas) Herald-Banner. He’s a graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce and has taught journalism classes and practicums at the University of Oklahoma and Mercer University.