Macon Mafia indictment: 11 charged in drug trafficking, gang case
The indictment follows a months-long investigation into drug trafficking and gang activity, with local, state and federal agencies involved.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Attorney General Chris Carr announced Thursday that 11 people have been indicted in Macon-Bibb County following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking and gang activity tied to the Macon Mafia, which his office called the city’s largest criminal street gang.
According to Carr’s office,the indictment accuses the defendants of conspiring to obtain money, drugs and other property by engaging in racketeering activity. Prosecutors said the crimes include possession, distribution, trafficking, and sale of cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, marijuana and other drugs.
The case stems from “Operation Westside Wakeup,” which began in January 2025 with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit. Carr’s Gang Prosecution Unit soon joined the case, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Gang Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other units within the sheriff’s office.
“When it comes to the war on fentanyl, we’re not letting up – we’re fighting to save lives,” Carr said in a statement. “That’s why we expanded our Gang Prosecution Unit to Macon, so we could work with our local, state, and federal partners to combat drug trafficking and gang activity in our communities. We’re dismantling criminal networks all over Georgia and holding offenders accountable, and we won’t rest until all Georgians are safe.”
Sheriff David J. Davis said the case shows how drugs move from inside the jail to the streets.
“This operation illustrates how the illicit drug trade reaches from the cell block to the city street,” Davis said. “We can be very grateful for the dedicated work of the local, state, and federal investigators in bringing to justice those individuals who work to bring poison into our community.”
GBI Director Chris Hosey called the case “a powerful example of what we can accomplish when local, state, and federal partners work together with a shared mission of keeping Georgia communities safe.”
The indictment, presented to a Bibb County grand jury on August 20, includes charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. Several defendants also face charges for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
Those indicted include:
- 48-year-old Hassan Harclerode Sr.
- 24-year-old Akbar Harclerode Jr.
- 45-year-old Akbar Harclerode Sr.
- 41-year-old Arias Clyde
- 51-year-old Rodney Clyde
- 23-year-old Tylon Evans
- 49-year-old Thomas Butler
- 41-year-old Gregory Woodard Jr.
- 35-year-old Chanika Randall
- 61-year-old Clarence Smith
- 35-year-old Kierra Howard
All of them are from Macon.
Investigators said the operation also led to the recovery of about 17 pounds of marijuana, 1.28 pounds of cocaine and crack cocaine, 3 ounces of ecstasy, 1 ounce of fentanyl, several firearms including fully automatic handguns and rifles, drug packaging materials and about $110,000 in cash.
DEA Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Murphy said federal agencies will “deploy all resources available to combat criminal organizations that are destroying our communities with guns, drugs and violence.”
FBI Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown said the case shows “the impact we can have when agencies come together to target organized crime at every level.”
