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February 2, 2022
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Local man charged with framing wife on Facebook
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
A south Monroe County
man is in jail accused of
hacking into his estranged
wife’s Facebook account and
sending himself threaten
ing messages in order to
have her framed on criminal
charges.
Johnathan Terrell Robbins,
32, of Macon, was arrested
on Thursday for false report
of crime and two counts of
hacking. Robbins had gone
to Monroe County deputies
in October claiming his wife
Ariel Robbins, 28, now of
Waynesboro, had just gotten
out of jail and was sending
him threatening messages
saying she would slit his
throat and RIP and that she
would take their kids away
from him. Robbins had a
restraining order against her
and she was charged with
aggravated stalking.
Ariel Robbins was ada
mant that she did not send
the threatening messages to
her estranged husband. So
Monroe County Inv. Judy
Mercer got a search war
rant for information about
the communications from
Facebook. They arrived last
month and showed that the
messages were indeed sent
from Johnathon Robbins,
said Mercer.
Ariel Robbins has now
been cleared of her charges
and Johnathon was arrested
instead. He remained in the
Monroe County Jail at press
time. The couple lived in
Kingswood subdivision off
Hwy. 87 near Macon.
Man finds wallet, but no deputy in downtown Macon
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
A Forsyth man found a wal
let with $265 cash and a drivers
license and hat on Cherry Street
in downtown Macon on Jan. 21.
But when Clarence Williams
called for a Bibb County sheriff’s
deputy to turn it in, no deputy
ever showed up. Macon-Bibb is
infamously short of law enforce
ment personnel.
When he couldn’t find the own
er either, the man finally gave up
and went to the Monroe County
sheriff’s office to turn it in to Inv.
Daniel Ahlstrom, Williams met
with him at the Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office with the brown
wallet containing $265 cash and
a driver’s license and a black hat.
Williams told Ahlstrom Bibb
deputies were unable to con
tact the owner, so he decided to
hand the items over to Monroe
County. The items were stored in
the evidence room.
Sheriff Brad Freeman said he’s
proud that his office is able to
help people even with cases in
other counties.
“It’s all about customer service,”
said Freeman.
How bad is the lack of law
enforcement in Macon-Bibb? Re
cently a diner at S&S Cafeteria on
Riverside Drive in Macon struck
a Monroe County patrol car in
the restaurant parking lot. The
deputy and other driver waited
an hour and 15 minutes for a
deputy and finally the Macon-
Bibb dispatcher suggested the
parties simply work it out among
themselves.
“That’s the sad state of law
enforcement shortages,” said
Freeman.
CLEAN UP
Continued from 5C
is not what’s in my heart or
my intentions about what’s
best for this county. From
the day I was elected and
even before, several people
in this room and in the
county asked me to take
an active part in trying to
clean up and to enforce laws
we already have in Monroe
County. I get into office and
that continues to happen.
This is something we’ve
been trying to do since we
got started. It’s not just in my
district, it’s in every district
in the county’
Eddie Rowland then
passed around photos
showing piles of trash in
dilapidated areas of the
county to the audience.
While his constituents
were viewing the pictures,
Emami said, “I want to hear
from you about this stuff.
We must work together. So
here is how I screwed up:
We have been pushing and
trying just to enforce some
of the codes that we already
have. Here’s what I’ve been
told. There are two issues.
Number one. The reason
why we needed new code,
in my opinion, believe it or
not, more is actually less in
this situation. And let me
tell you what I mean by
that. If you read the current
code, it leaves a lot of deci
sions about what a derelict
property is, what a rundown
Forsyth man
charged with
yelling
at officers
A man was arrested for
disorderly conduct for
yelling obscenities at police
officers on Jan. 25 around
11 a.m. According to the
incident report, Officer
Richard Maddox and Cpl.
Kimberly Barnett respond
ed to the Forsyth Garden
Apartment after a call about
Quaderrius High who was
allegedly walking through
the complex screaming pro
fanities and trying to start
problems with the resi
dents. High had left before
the officer’s arrival.
Later the officers spotted
High coming out of the
Dollar Tree on North Lee
Street yelling and cursing.
They confronted him in
front of Care Connect and
tried to calm him down,
but he continued to shout
obscenities at Maddox and
Barnett.
After High refused to
cooperate with the officers,
he was arrested and turned
over to jail personnel. A
clear glass pipe with mari
juana residue was found
inside his backpack.
property is, blighted. Right
now, the code gives the
power of what that is to one
person in the county. Our
code official. So, by add
ing more details to define
what exactly is a rundown
property. What is the base
minimum standard for our
county? By putting that in
there and spelling it out a
little carefully, it actually
empowers you as a person
who owns property’’
The commissioner then
picked up a copy of the
International Property
Maintenance Code and
said, “I’m going to do this
right now to make sure
were on the same page with
this meeting.” He held up
the document, “Were just
going to scrap it alright?” He
then tore the pages in half to
the applause of the crowd.
A woman shouted out,
“Thank you!” Emami told
the audience there wasn’t
a 300-page document and
that what he tore up was the
whole thing. Emami said, “I
want to say one last time, I
am very deeply sorry!’
Commissioners said at
their Feb. 1 meeting that
in fact they have found the
county already has laws on
the books to stop people
from living in campers
and trailers without septic
service and they will begin
enforcing that without hav
ing to pass new laws.
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State of Georgia
Monroe County
Public Notice of Qualifying Fees
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 21-2-131 (a) (1), the following qualifying fees
were set by the Monroe County Commissioners in their January 13,
2022, meeting:
County Commissioner, District# 3 $450.00
County Commissioner, District# 4 $450.00
Board of Education, District #1 $45.00
Board of Education, District# 3 $45.00
Board of Education, District# 5 $45.00
Board of Education, District# 7 $45.00
Qualifying for the offices listed above will begin at 9 am on March 7th
and will end at noon on March 11th, 2022. The General Primary will be
held on May 24th, 2022, and the General Election will be held on
November 8, 2022.
Kaye Warren
Monroe County Election Supervisor