MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Perry man was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

That’s according to a news release from the Middle District of Georgia’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, which says an international investigation found 31-year-old David Franklin Browder III was uploading child pornography on a popular instant messaging app.

Browder’s 120 month prison sentence will be followed by 25 years of supervised release. He’s also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to each identifiable victim in the 213 images he possessed and will have to register as a sex offender in any state where he resides following his release from prison.

The release says Browder admitted to uploading images of minors, including an infant, being sexually abused on the Kik instant messaging app. Canadian authorities began investigating the case in 2019 before turning the case over to American authorities.

Browder is a repeat child sex offender and was convicted in 2008 in Houston County Superior Court for criminal attempt to commit child molestation and sexual battery of a minor.

“He will now spend the next ten years in a federal prison, where there is no parole,” U.S. Attorney Charlie Peeler said. ” Tracking down this child predator, and removing him from the streets of Perry, is the result of the excellent partnership between HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) Ottawa and HSI Atlanta. I want to thank both agencies for their work in this case, and for their total dedication to saving children worldwide from the grip of their abusers.”

“The children of Houston County, Georgia should sleep easier knowing a child pedophile is off their streets for the next decade,” added acting Special Agent in Charge Robert Hammer, who oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operations in Georgia and Alabama. “These types of heinous investigations wouldn’t be possible without the great partnerships of the Houston County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office”

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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A  judge sentenced a Macon man to prison after he pleaded guilty to molesting a 5-year-old. This comes from district attorney David Cooke’s office.

According to the news release, Lowe pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child molestation during a hearing on Aug. 6.

A Bibb County Superior Court judge sentenced 43-year-old Larry Lowe Jr. of Macon man to 40 years. Lowe must serve the first 25 years in prison.   

After Lowe’s release, he must abide by sex offender terms of probation.

Prosecutor’s evidence

According to the news release, prosecutors were prepared to show the following evidence if the case went to trial: 

• Between Jan. 2010 and Sept. 2016, Lowe engaged in sex acts with a 5-year-old girl.
• The law enforcement investigation started in 2016 after adults became aware of the molestation. 
• The girl disclosed details of the sexual abuse during a forensic interview.

The news release says that prosecutors also had evidence showing Lowe molested another young girl (now an adult) when she was about 5-years-old.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a Crimestoppers tip that led to the arrest of one of the Top 15 Most Wanted. 

Deputies say they received a tip that 32-year-old Kenon Mekeal Newbill was at a house on the 1100 block of Rocky Creek Road.

Authorities say as deputies approached the house, they noticed 55-year-old Andre Byron Newbill pull a gun out of his pocket. That’s when deputies drew their weapons.

Authorities say that deputies instructed Andre to put the gun down and he did. Deputies then arrested Andre without incident. 

Authorities say that they checked Andre and found that he was a felon.

Later, deputies say they entered the house and arrested Kenon without incident.

The charges

Deputies took Andre to the Bibb County Jail and charged him with the following:

• Possession of a Firearm by a Felon
• Carrying a Concealed Firearm

Authorities set Andre’s bond at $8,670.00.

Deputies took Kenon to the Bibb County Jail and charged him with the following:

• Violation of Probation per a warrant
• Failure to Register as a Sex Offender per a warrant

Authorities set Kenon’s bond at $11,200.00. 

Anyone with information 

If you have any information about this incident, call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500. You can also call Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

MACON, Georgia – The Bibb County Superior Court judge sentenced a Macon man to prison after he pleaded guilty to molesting a 4-year-old girl in 2016.

According to a Macon D.A. news release, a judge sentenced 31-year-old Dexter Jarrod Burnett to 20 years in prison.

After his release, Burnett must serve the sex offender conditions of probation. Burnett pleaded guilty to child molestation during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court.

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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A retired Navy veteran from Dodge County was sentenced to ten years in prison Thursday, followed by ten years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor.

According to the plea agreement, on March 15, 2018, 56 Year-old Bryan Alan Asbell Sr. responded to an online post by agents with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) posing as a 14-year-old girl living on Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins.

The post read, “Nuthing 2 do after school, can you get on base? wanna hang out or chat? hit me up!” On the same day, Mr. Asbell responded, “Must ask age? I am a veteran 55yoa white male.”

The AFOSI undercover agent responded that it was a 14-year-old girl, and Mr. Asbell acknowledged the undercover agent’s age and continued to talk with the agent through email and text messages. Mr. Asbell discussed what he would do if they did meet up, and indicated he would perform sexual acts.

Mr. Asbell agreed to meet on Robins Air Force Base on April 5, 2018, when told that the undercover agent’s “mother” would be out of the house. Mr. Asbell was arrested when attempting to enter the meeting place, with a necklace and fast food as gifts for the agent he believed to be a young girl he was meeting for sex.

Mr. Asbell will also be required to register as a sex offender.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A judge sentenced a Macon man to prison after he pleaded guilty child pornography.

The plea agreement happened Monday when 40-year-old Steven Charles Vanbibber pleaded guilty to 36 counts of sexual exploitation of children during a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court.

The judge sentenced Vanbibber to serve 55 years with the first 15 years in prison. While on probation, Vanbibber must abide by sex offender conditions.

He must also register as a sex offender.

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