An autopsy later showed that the 1-year-old died of head trauma, authorities said.
An investigation identified Dixon, who was described as the roommate/boyfriend of the child s mother, as the suspect, the sheriff s office said.
No details on what led authorities to suspect Dixon were immediately provided.
Dixon was charged with murder and first-degree cruelty to children. He was being held without bond at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.
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Man charged with murder after baby dies in Macon apartment complex shooting
1-year-old Monterrious Brown s mother drove him to the hospital where he was rushed into emergency surgery, but later died. Author: 13WMAZ Staff, Katelyn Sabater (13WMAZ) Published: 5:52 AM EST February 15, 2021 Updated: 9:21 PM EST February 15, 2021
MACON, Ga. A Macon man is now in jail and charged with murder in the shooting death of a 1-year-old.
It happened just after 11 p.m. at the Chambers Cove Apartments at 204 Chambers Cove Drive.
That s where investigators say 1-year-old Monterrious Brown was shot.
The police report stated the child s mother, Tyceanna Brown, had allowed her aunt and aunt s boyfriend, Demetrious John Simmons, to wash their clothes in her apartment.
Bibb deputies arrest nurse suspected of taking contraband to inmate
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Bibb County Sheriff’s investigators arrested a Correct Health nurse in connection with bringing contraband to an inmate.
Investigators identified the nurse as
47-year-old Brandi Delaine Thompson.
According to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested Thompson on Tuesday. Investigators say Thompson took contraband to the inmate while working at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.
Thompson also took cigarettes to the inmate while he worked at the Car Wash detail on Hazel Street, investigators say. Authorities monitored the car wash and saw Thompson dropping off the cigarettes to the inmate.
Investigators are still looking for two more people Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 1:52 PM EST December 23, 2020
MACON, Ga. Two more people are charged in the shooting that left 1 Macon teen dead and another injured.
A news release from the Bibb County Sheriff s Office says investigators had warrants issued for the arrests of 17-year-old Keymarion Javontae Manor and 15-year-old Naylan Jon’Tez Woodford, in connection to the case.
Investigators and members of the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Fugitive Task Force found and arrested Manor and Woodford at the Green Meadows Apartment Complex on Wednesday.
Investigators interviewed Manor and he was taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center. Woodford was interviewed and taken to the Macon RYDC.