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Macon police say a man is charged with murder after stabbing and killing his father Wednesday morning.
Police are investigating a shooting on Magnolia Drive. At around 3:30 p.m. 27-year-old Larral Blash was shot in the left leg.
In Macon, more than twenty new youth programs have started in the past two years, keeping kids off the streets and potentially away from crime. But do these programs work?
Bibb County leads the state in the newest trend in fighting crime from your house.
Neighborhood Watch programs can go a long way in preventing crimes.
Thousands of abandoned homes sit on streets across Macon, dragging down property values and breeding crime.
Macon Police began using a gang database two years ago. Today, they still have trouble saying how much of Macon crime is linked to gangs.
Research shows you're more likely to be assaulted, robbed and murdered in Macon and Bibb County than in Augusta and Richmond County.
Both Macon Police Department and the Bibb County Sheriff's Office saw the number of crimes increase from 2007 to 2008, but the number still fell below that of previous years.
Many Macon police officers leave for higher pay and better working conditions.
Macon Police Chief Mike Burns says some experts link the poor economy to higher crime rates.
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