McDaniel scheduled to appear before magistrate

Stephen Mark McDaniel is scheduled to appear in Bibb County Magistrate Court Wednesday afternoon for his first appearance before a judge on seven counts of sexual exploitation of children.

The new arrest warrants were served Tuesday.

At the 1:30 p.m. hearing, it’s expected that a judge will inform McDaniel of the new charges and inform him of his rights.

McDaniel, 25, is being held at the Bibb County jail on a murder charge and two counts of burglary. He is accused of killing Lauren Giddings, his 27-year-old Mercer University law school classmate and next door neighbor, and of stealing condoms from two of his neighbors’ apartments.

Check back at macon.com following the hearing for more details on this developing story.

This story was originally published August 24, 2011 at 12:00 AM with the headline "McDaniel scheduled to appear before magistrate."