Updated: 2:55 PM EST March 5, 2021 MACON, Ga. — A Milledgeville man was sentenced to prison this week after being arrested in 2019 for trying to break into cars in downtown Macon. According to a news release, 33-year-old Matthew Dixon will serve 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after he previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The release says Dixon was previously convicted of five counts of entering auto in Baldwin County Superior Court prior to the latest conviction. CASE HISTORY This case dates to Oct. 2019 when Bibb deputies received a report of someone trying to break into parked cars on Poplar Street in downtown Macon.