http://www.macon.com/210/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph Crime & Courts 60 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:21:58 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/210/story/396114.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/396114.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:26 EDT Macon police announced a gang-related drug raid Thursday morning in west Macon. http://www.macon.com/210/story/396125.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/396125.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:13 EDT A Monroe Avenue woman awoke to the sound of gunshots and breaking glass at about 1 a.m. Thursday as a result of an apparent drive-by shooting, according to a Macon police report. http://www.macon.com/210/story/396073.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/396073.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:43 EDT A softball umpire who told police he was the victim of an armed robbery ended up arrested on charges that he violated Georgia's tough sex offender laws. http://www.macon.com/210/story/396064.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/396064.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:28 EDT Police say a man turned in by his father was arrested and charged with shooting a restaurant manager in the head during a robbery and then shooting a Clayton County police officer in the wrist. http://www.macon.com/210/story/396124.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/396124.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:13 EDT A Macon man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly carjacking a truck at Waterville Road underneath the Eisenhower Parkway Extension, according to a Macon police report. http://www.macon.com/210/story/396072.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/396072.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:26 EDT Lawyers for a man accused of killing four people after escaping from custody while on trial for rape said Thursday prosecutors may be considering charges against a member of the defense team. http://www.macon.com/210/story/395070.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/395070.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:28 EDT Two men, a woman and a 13-month-old were forced to the floor at gunpoint Tuesday night in a home invasion on Linwood Drive, Macon police said. http://www.macon.com/210/story/395083.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/395083.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:25 EDT A Gwinnett County jury has indicted a Winder man in a highway crash that killed four people after authorities say he drove home from an Atlanta Braves game at more than 100 miles per hour. http://www.macon.com/210/story/395052.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/395052.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:55 EDT The GBI is receiving new tips about the disappearance of a Hawkinsville native featured on national TV Tuesday night. http://www.macon.com/210/story/395071.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/395071.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:10 EDT A Byron man is behind bars after authorities said he ran a stop sign and drove through a concrete wall and into the swimming pool at the Hampton Inn on Eisenhower Parkway on Wednesday. http://www.macon.com/210/story/395066.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/395066.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:10 EDT A judge Wednesday said he is "very likely" to order a full hearing be held that would address whether the lead prosecutor on accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols' rape case engaged in criminal activity. http://www.macon.com/210/story/395072.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/395072.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:10 EDT For a typically quiet rural county, this past week has become a tragic one in Dodge County as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and sheriff's office investigate two violent suicides. http://www.macon.com/210/story/395069.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/395069.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:10 EDT Federal and state agents swarmed the backyard of a modest white house along a windy stretch in rural northeast Georgia this week in search of clues that could be linked to living suspects involved in the 1946 unsolved lynchings of four people. http://www.macon.com/210/story/393788.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/393788.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:57 EDT A mother and her boyfriend have each been indicted on a murder charge in the death of a 16-month-old girl. A Fulton County grand jury on Friday returned the charges against LaBoiya Brown and Brandon Hall. http://www.macon.com/210/story/393749.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/393749.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:42 EDT A subcontractor who had gone to a construction site in Moreland, south of Newnan, to install drywall was shot to death, and the project's builder has been charged with murder. http://www.macon.com/210/story/393791.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/393791.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:57 EDT A Pelham Police officer is facing theft and other charges. Andre Calhoun was accused of conspiring to steal. Investigators allege that he plotted to commit robbery and burglary. http://www.macon.com/210/story/393758.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/393758.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:42 EDT Lawyers for a man charged with killing four people after escaping during his rape trial argued Tuesday that the district attorney may have lied under oath when he was questioned about the conduct of the lead prosecutor in the rape case. http://www.macon.com/210/story/393787.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/393787.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01 EDT COLUMBUS- A Columbus man is headed to prison after he pleaded guilty to his role in two DUI-fueled wrecks that left a police officer and two men seriously injured. http://www.macon.com/210/story/392672.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/392672.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:53 EDT New information regarding the mysterious disappearance of a Hawkinsville native is supposed to be featured on "48 Hours" on CBS tonight. http://www.macon.com/210/story/392682.html http://www.macon.com/210/story/392682.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:53 EDT The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed the murder conviction of a Macon man accused of killing his teacher wife while she slept.