Auburn honors fallen officer with Will Buechner Parkway
"We will always recognize what Officer Buechner did as the most valiant act ever performed in the City of Auburn by an Auburn police officer."
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"We will always recognize what Officer Buechner did as the most valiant act ever performed in the City of Auburn by an Auburn police officer."
A Lee County jury last week found an Auburn man guilty of capital murder in the 2019 shooting death of Auburn Police Officer William Buechner and sentenced him to life
UPDATE 6:11 p.m. – A Lee County Jury has reached a verdict in the sentencing phase for convicted cop killer Grady Wilkes. Wilkes has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty citing what they say is Wilkes’ deliberate creation of deadly risk and the brutal nature […]
Grady Wayne Wilkes, who was found guilty of the murder of Auburn police officer William Buechner and the attempted murder of two other officers, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday.
Jury finds Grady Wayne Wilkes guilty of the capital murder of Auburn police officer William Buechner and guilty of two of the three counts of attempted murder.