HELLO EVERYONE AND THANKS FOR JOINING US....I'M LEAH JOHNSON..
AND I'M FRANK MALLOY.
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX...

OUR TOP STORY... BIBB COUNTY SCHOOLS SAY THEY REPLACED THEIR CAMPUS POLICE CHIEF...ON THE SAME DAY SUPERINTENDENT ROMAIN DALLEMAND SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE CAMPUS POLICE... NOT MACON POLICE... WERE INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGED RAPE AT NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL..
SCHOOLS' SPOKESWOMAN ALISHA ALLEN-CARTER SAYS.... INTERIM POLICE CHIEF STEPHANIE PRATER WAS PLACED ON LEAVE YESTERDAY...THE SAME DAY DALLEMAND HAD HIS NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE RAPE CASE.

BRITTINY BARBER HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY...
BRITTINY WHAT ELSE DID YOU FIND OUT?
A NEW INTERIM CHIEF HAS BEEN APPOINTED... HIS NAME IS SERGEANT ULRIC BELLAIRE...
A STATEMENT FROM THE DISTRICT SAYS...
SGT. ULRIC BELLAIRE IS THE "INTERIM CHIEF"... CHIEF PRATER WAS PLACED ON LEAVE YESTERDAY PENDING THE COMPLETION OF AN INVESTIGATION....
SPOKESWOMAN ALISHA ALLEN-CARTER WENT ON TO SAY... QUOTE... I WILL COMMENT... NO FURTHER.... THIS IS A PERSONNEL MATTER.
MEANWHILE..... SEVEN TEENS FACE RAPE CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE REPORTED JANUARY 19TH SEXUAL ASSAULT AT NORTHEAST...
BIBB COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GREG WINTERS SAYS HE PLANS TO TRY ALL OF THEM AS ADULTS.....
WINTERS SAYS THE ACCUSED ARE 17-YEAR OLDS GREG L. WATKINS, JIMMIE LEE MCKNIGHT AND ASHLEY J. CLARK... 18-YEAR OLD ANTONIO DEAUNDRY JACKSON... AND THREE UNIDENTIFIED JUVENILES...TWO 15-YEAR-OLDS AND A 14-YEAR-OLD.
THE D-A SAYS HE WON'T IDENTIFY THOSE THREE JUVENILES ... UNTIL THEY'RE INDICTED.
THANKS BRITTINY.
IN HIS NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY... DALLEMAND APOLOGIZED BECAUSE THE SCHOOL HAD NOT INFORMED PARENTS ABOUT THE ALLEGED RAPE.
A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW... WE'LL TAKE A LOOK BACK AT DALLEMAND'S FIRST YEAR AS SUPERINTENDENT.

AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HAS UPHELD THE DISCIPLINE FOR TWO MACON-BIBB FIREFIGHTERS WHO TOOK PART IN A PRANK SHOOTING AT STATION 108 IN SEPTEMBER.
JUDGE ROBERT HERNDON MADE HIS DECISION AFTER HEARING THE APPEAL CASE FOR JOSH BREWER AND CHRIS HUGHES
BREWER WAS DEMOTED FROM SERGEANT TO PRIVATE AND SUSPENDED FOR 10 DAYS BY CHIEF MARVIN RIGGINS....AND HUGHES WAS FIRED.
BOTH FIREFIGHTERS CAN APPEAL THE JUDGE'S DECISION TO MAYOR ROBERT REICHERT.
BY PHONE... BREWER TOLD 13WMAZ HE DOES NOT PLAN TO APPEAL TO THE MAYOR.
HUGHES COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT.

WARNER ROBINS POLICE ARRESTED A MAN SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN LAST WEEK..
A POLICE NEWS RELEASE SAYS 22-YEAR-OLD KEN SOLOMON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN LAST WEDNESDAY'S SHOOTING ON WENDAN WAY.
THE RELEASE SAYS SOLOMON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TUESDAY ON RUSSELL PARKWAY..
HE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN BY A CONVICTED FELON AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON DURING THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME.
SOLOMON IS NOW IN THE HOUSTON COUNTY JAIL.

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL NEWT GINGRICH LEFT FLORIDA DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED AFTER YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY.
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY WON THE SUNSHINE STATE... AND ITS 50 DELEGATES.
POLL RESULTS SHOW ROMNEY PULLED FORTY-SIX POINT FOUR PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO THIRTY-ONE POINT NINE PERCENT FOR GINGRICH.
IN A CONCESSION SPEECH.. GINGRICH VOWED TO CONTINUE HIS RACE FOR THE PRESIDENCY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PRIMARY SEASON.
We are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in Tampa as the nominee in August."
GINGRICH LEFT FLORIDA HEADED TO NEVADA.. WHERE A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY.
TWENTY-EIGHT DELEGATES ARE AT STAKE IN NEVADA.
IN ORDER TO GET THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.. A CANDIDATE MUST HAVE ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR DELEGATES OUT OF TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND 86 AT THE G-O-P NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH CONVENES IN TAMPA IN AUGUST..
WITH FOUR CONTESTS BEHIND THEM.. ROMNEY HAS SEVENTY-FOUR DELEGATES.. GINGRICH HAS TWENTY-FOUR.. TEXAS CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL HAS THREE.. FORMER PENNSYLVANIA SEN. RICK SANTORUM HAS ONE.
IN THE COMING WEEKS.. EIGHT OTHER STATES AND GUAM WILL HOLD PRIMARIES OR PARTY CAUCUSES.
THAT GROUP INCLUDES NEVADA.. MAINE.. COLORADO.. MINNESOTA.. MISSOURI.. ARIZONA.. MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON..
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE DELEGATES ARE AT STAKE IN THOSE CONTESTS..
ON MARCH 6TH.. OR SUPER TUESDAY.. ELEVEN STATES..INCLUDING GEORIGA.. WILL HOLD PRESIDENTIAL CONTESTS.
LEAVING 396 DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS... 76 OF THOSE IN GEORIGA.
GINGRICH IS EXPECTED TO DO WELL IN HIS HOME STATE.
A CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN SAYS THE FORMER SPEAKER GINGRICH WILL BE CAMPAIGNING IN GEORGIA IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

DALLEMAND'S FIRST DAY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BIBB SCHOOLS WAS A YEAR AGO TODAY.
CANDACE ADORKA SAT DOWN WITH HIM TO FIND OUT HOW IT WENT.
ROMAIN DALLEMAND SAYS WHEN HE STARTED... HE SET A LIST OF GOALS FOR HIS FIRST YEAR... LIKE ASSESSING THE DISTRICT AND HOLDING LISTENING SESSIONS WITH EMPLOYEES AND PARENTS... CREATING A SUMMER READING INITIATIVE... AND DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN.
HERE'S HOW HE GRADES HIMSELF.
"I can proudly say that I have accomplished everything that were included in the action steps and so if it's based on performance, I would say it's an A-plus.

MARCH 10TH... DALLEMAND REORGANIZED CENTRAL OFFICE STAFFING ... AND CUT TEN JOBS.
ABOUT A MONTH LATER... HE UNVEILED HIS FIRST BUDGET.... FIVE MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S. HE CUT 87 POSITIONS AND STOPPED PAY RAISES... TO ELIMINATE FURLOUGH DAYS.
ON JUNE 9TH... DALLEMAND INTRODUCED HIS 13-MEMBER DREAM TEAM....FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND EIGHT CENTRAL OFFICE WORKERS. HE SAYS THAT WAS A CRUCIAL STEP.
"i needed to have individuals who are on board and ready to support me and help me to the direction I need to take the district toward."
AUGUST 12TH... DALLEMAND SAID HE WOULD FIRE WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAURA PERKINS FOR ALLEGEDLY MISHANDLING A ONE-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR GRANT... AND INCOMPETENCE.
LESS THAN A MONTH LATER... HE REINSTATES PERKINS... DALLEMAND SAYS HE FOUND NEW INFORMATION THAT CHANGED HIS MIND.
ON SEPTEMBER 26TH... DALLEMAND REVERSED A JULY DECISION TO FIRE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT APRIL GARNER BECAUSE OF INFORMATION SHE WITHHELD IN HER JOB INTERVIEW.
ON NOVEMBER 3RD... DALLEMAND SAID HIS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL ... BUT HE LATER SAID THAT IT NEEDS PLANNING AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH IT.
AND JUST YESTERDAY... HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW MACON POLICE WEREN'T HANDLING THE ALLEGED RAPE AT NORTHEAST UNTIL MONDAY.
I ASKED DALLEMAND IF THESE WERE SIGNS OF WEAK LEADERSHIP.... AND HE SAID HIS CRITICS ARE UNINFORMED.
"I understand. It's easy to say alot of things when you dont have the facts and so I would say to those fols before they prejudge, they need to do their homework and find out what the facts are."
BUT HE DECLINED ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON THE RAPE CASE.
DALLEMAND SAYS HIS STRATEGIC PLAN WILL DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OF THE NEXT 5 YEARS.
HE STARTED CREATING IT LAST SUMMER...
ON SEPTEMBER 19TH... DALLEMAND HOLDS THE FIRST DISTRICT-WIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
TEACHERS... PARENTS... COMMUNITY LEADERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS BRAINSTORMED ABOUT WHERE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SHOULD BE IN FIVE YEARS... AND HOW TO GET THERE.
DALLEMAND SAYS THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED...IF THEY RALLY BEHIND THE PLAN.
"Changing this system will require a lot of sacrifices. It will require hard work, and it will require that all of us as a community step up to the plate and make personla sacrifices. And so what folks should expect, they need to expect a bold plan with bold recommendations , a plan that will revolutionize, galvenize change and improve the future of our community, and they need to get behind the plan."
ON DECEMBER 15... DALLEMAND SUGGESTED... AND THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED... CHANGES TO THE DISTRICT'S MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS... CORE VALUES... AND THEORY OF ACTION.
DALLEMAND SAID THEY SET A CLEAR FOUNDATION FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN HE WILL PRESENT NEXT FRIDAY.

TODAY'S 13WMAZ DOT COM WEB POLL ASKS... HOW WOULD YOU GRADE ROMAIN DALLEMAND'S FIRST YEAR AS BIBB SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT?
SO FAR 10 PERCENT OF YOU SAY HE MAKES AN A.
10 PERCENT GIVE HIM A B.
18 PERCENT GRADED HIM "C".
18 PERCENT GIVE HIM A D.
AND 44 PERCENT SAY HE MAKES AN F.
VOTE NOW... VISIT 13WMAZ DOT COM AND LOOK FOR THE QUESTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE.

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA IS CELEBRATING A RECORD-BREAKING CONTRIBUTION.
IT'S A STORY THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.
GEICO... UNITED WAY'S TOP CONTRIBUTER... DONATED OVER 9-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS GEICO HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED THEIR TOTAL MONEY THEY GIVE TO UNITED WAY.
ASSOCIATES AT GEICO RAISED CLOSE TO 8-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH WAS ADDED TO THEIR CORPORATE GIFT GIVING THEM ALMOST EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN THEY RAISED LAST YEAR.
AMY HARP... AN EMPLOYEE AT GEICO AND A COORDINATOR FOR UNITED WAY... SAYS SHE'S PROUD OF WHAT HER CO-WORKERS ACCOMPLISHED..
Amy Harp, United Way Coordinator: "We are extremely estatic to raise so much money and give it to United Way this is the largest amount that has ever been raised and so we're just overjoyed that I was a part of the campaign to do that and we're expecting even bigger things for next year's campaign."
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FUNDS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
THE CONTRIBUTION FROM GEICO WILL HELP SUPPORT FIFTY EIGHT PROGRAMS WITH PARTNERING AGENCIES