UPDATE (10/22/26): A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the October 6 Facebook Marketplace robbery on Wayside Drive, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators arrested 16-year-old James Robert Young III around 1:30 p.m. Thursday while executing arrest and search warrants at a Bibb County home. The sheriff’s office says Young is a suspect in the robbery, during which a man reported being struck several times with a firearm and robbed at gunpoint of cash and his phone. Young is charged as an adult with armed robbery, aggravated assault and violating the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism Act. He was processed at the Bibb County Jail before being taken to the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center. Investigators previously arrested 14-year-old Bryson Dewayne Anderson, 16-year-old Dekembe Deilouse Anderson Jr., 19-year-old Navon Sams and 19-year-old Kenneth Tyrell Watkins. The investigation remains active, with additional charges pending. If you have information, call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME. UPDATE (10/20/26): Two teenagers have been arrested and charged as adults in connection with a Facebook Marketplace robbery on Wayside Drive, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators took 14-year-old Bryson Dewayne Anderson and 16-year-old Dekembe Deilouse Anderson Jr. into custody around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The sheriff’s office says both were involved in an October 6…
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