Wilcox County, GA

OCILLA, Ga. (WALB) - Closing arguments ended in the Ryan Duke trial on Thursday, bringing to a close eight days of testimony. Ryan Duke is standing trial in connection to the 2005 death and disappearance of Tara Grinstead. The jury began deliberating shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday. As of...

OCILLA, Ga. (WALB) - The seventh day of the Ryan Duke trial resumed Tuesday. Ryan Duke is on the witness stand now. Evan Gibbs, one of Ryan Duke’s attorneys, is questioning him on the stand now. Ryan Duke testified he did not murder, hit or choke Grinstead. He also...

ABBEVILLE, GA – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office, executed a residential search warrant related to an ongoing sexual exploitation of children investigation. The investigation was initiated by HSI and involved a man possessing and distributing explicit child sexual abuse material (CSAM), commonly referred to as child pornography, via the internet, which resolved to Wilcox County, Georgia.

ROCHELLE, Ga. — A Rochelle man faces child porn and sex trafficking charges after a search at his home last Friday. According to a news release, the investigation into 33-year-old James Ronald Beasley Jr. was started by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), who was looking into someone possessing and distributing child porn.

WILCOX COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Wilcox County man is now in custody after deputies say he caused injuries to his 2-month-old son that required the child to be hospitalized. A Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office news release says Jose Manuel Moreno of Pitts is being held in the Wilcox...

On Friday, April 22, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office executed a residential search warrant related to the ongoing sexual exploitation of children investigation. The investigation was initiated by HSI and involved...

WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- A Rochelle man is in custody for multiple child sex crimes. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations opened the case. HSI initiated the investigation when it received information about someone possessing and sharing child pornography. The tip was resolved to Wilcox...

OCILLA, Ga. (WALB) - The second pre-trial hearing for Ryan Duke in connection to the death of Tara Grinstead happened Wednesday. At the hearing, Bo Dukes invoked his fifth amendment right not to testify. Dukes was also charged in connection to Grinstead’s death and disappearance and was convicted in Wilcox County in 2019 for charges related to her death.

WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. -- Multiple people were arrested after a sobriety checkpoint was placed on GA 280 and Cemetery Road. This sobriety check happened after 19 agencies attended the Middle Georgia Traffic Enforcement Network(MGTEN) which was hosted by Rochelle Police Department. Wilcox County Sheriff's Office is the lead agency for...

WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. -- A routine police stop left one vehicle flipped over in Wilcox County on Saturday. According to reports, deputies tried to conduct a traffic stop in Pineview on SR 112 with a white Ford pickup for a simple traffic violation. The driver of the vehicle lead deputies...

WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. — A driver took off from a moving truck during a car chase on Thursday in Wilcox County. According to a Facebook post by the Wilcox County Sheriff's office, a deputy tried to make a traffic stop for a minor violation in Pineview, on SR 112.

WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- The Wilcox County Sheriff's Office is asking you to avoid part of Hwy. 280. A flipped semi-truck is slowing traffic. Deputies said the driver appears to be unharmed. The accident happened near Reeds Crossing. Deputies said crews had arrived to clean up the scene.

MACON — A middle Georgia armed robbery parolee with 14 prior felony convictions was sentenced in federal court for distributing methamphetamine in a case involving a multi-agency search for the escaped defendant, including the use of a helicopter and K-9 unit. Monterrius Digby 36, of Fort Valley, was sentenced...