{"id":240728,"date":"2026-01-05T08:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=240728"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:34:03","slug":"3-teens-arrested-after-scooter-theft-and-shooting-in-macon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=240728","title":{"rendered":"3 Teens Arrested After Scooter Theft and Shooting in Macon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bibb County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies arrested three teenagers in connection with a theft and shooting that happened on December 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong> The Bibb County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Gang Unit and Criminal Investigation Division arrested two juveniles and a 17-year-old after executing a search warrant on January 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The teens allegedly stole two motor scooters from a home on Abilene Trail and later shot at a motorist on Greentree Parkway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputies recovered one stolen scooter and a stolen firearm during the arrests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Important:<\/strong> Brandon Marquez Mitchell, 17, was arrested on an existing Armed Robbery warrant. Two other teens, ages 15 and 16, face multiple charges including Aggravated Assault and Theft by Taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What We Know:<\/strong> According to the Bibb County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, two masked males took two scooters from a porch in the 1300 block of Abilene Trail around 5 a.m. on December 29. The suspects pointed firearms at the residence before fleeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, on Greentree Parkway near Unaliyi Trail, two masked juveniles on scooters reportedly fired at a vehicle, causing damage. The driver was not hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Arrests:<\/strong> Deputies executed a search warrant at a residence on Edgewater Drive on January 2. Two males ran from the back of the home. Deputies caught Mitchell first, then apprehended a 15-year-old in a wooded area with a stolen gun. A 16-year-old suspect was found inside the residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next:<\/strong> Mitchell is being held without bond at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center. The two juveniles were processed and transported to the Macon Regional Youth Development Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office says the investigation remains active and asks anyone with information to contact them at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bibb County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies arrested three teenagers in connection with a theft and shooting that happened on December 29. What&#8217;s Happening: The Bibb County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Gang Unit and Criminal Investigation Division arrested two juveniles and a 17-year-old after executing a search warrant on January 2. What&#8217;s Important: Brandon Marquez Mitchell, 17, was arrested on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":240729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[16743,8519,16639],"class_list":["post-240728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-scooter","tag-shooting","tag-theft","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}