Sylvester man charged in Tifton death
This investigation is conducted by the GBI and Tift County Sheriff's Office
TIFTON, GA- 22-year-old Michael Jermaine Dixon Jr. of Sylvester has been arrested and charged with murder and robbery of a Tift County man, authorities say.
Dixon was arrested Monday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Tift County Sheriff’s Office.
He has been charged with felony murder, robbery, and exploitation/intimidation of a person over the age of 65.
The arrest is in connection with the death of 67-year-old Bobby Darwin Spires of Tifton.
On March 2nd, the Tift County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to assist in investigating Spires’ death.
After his family reported Spires missing, investigators found his body in a wooded area in the 2500 bock of Highland Avenue in Tifton, authorities said.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Dixon was already in custody of the Tift County jail on unrelated charges of cocaine possession, robbery by sudden snatching, financial transaction card theft, and willful obstruction of law enforcement officers, when charged for Spires’ murder.
The homicide investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI in Sylvester at 229-777-2080 or the Tift County Sheriff’s Office at 229-388-6020.
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