Jones County's county clerk Connie Lee Mize was sentenced to 10 days in the Putnam County jail after being convicted of shoplifting. In June, Connie Lee Mize was accused of stealing items from the Wal-Mart in Putnam. Her lawyer blamed the problem on a faulty scanner at the store. Eatonton police chief Kent Lawrence said Friday that a six-person jury convicted her on a theft misdemeanor Thursday night, after a four-day trial. That trial included a Wal Mart loss-prevention worker who testified for about nine hours. Chief Lawrence said Mize was accused of stealing about 10 items, valued at around $100. She was also sentenced to a year's probation. The Jones County Commission's home page still lists Mize as county clerk and says she has worked for the board since 2002.

The man shot to death Thursday night in Gordon has been identified as Taurus Javon Lewis, 37, of Baldwin County.

Gordon police Chief Mike Hall said Lewis was shot after a confrontation outside of a home at 110 Burney Road.

Hall says Jeffrey King, 29, who lives at the house, told police Lewis got out of a car and approached him with a gun.

King then fired several times killing Lewis.

A man is in jail today after allegedly hitting his wife with his car at a Macon gas station Monday.

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says Jones County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Alfrado Hester, age 49 of Gray.
Hester is charged with criminal attempt to commit murder after investigators say he allegedly hit his wife with his car.

That happened around 11:25 a.m. Monday, at a Sunoco gas station on Houston Avenue in Macon.
Hester's wife,Angela Hester, age 37 of Gray was taken to the Medical Center, and is listed in critical condition.