UPDATE: Deputies make arrest after pair of ‘suspicious incidents’ at Macon Walmart

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Kemontre Braswell was taken into custody following its investigation into a pair of "suspicious incidents" at Walmart on Harrison Road this month.

UPDATE (1/31/25):  The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says 24-year-old Kemontre Braswell was taken into custody following its investigation into a pair of “suspicious incidents” at Walmart on Harrison Road this month.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies found Braswell at a hotel and interviewed him. He claimed the acts were based on popular or trendy social media and YouTube pranks.

Braswell was charged with simple battery and disorderly conduct and is being held in the Bibb County Jail. Additional charges are pending.

If you have additional information, call Sgt. George Witherspoon at (478) 751-7500.

ORIGINAL STORY (1/29/25):

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for an individual connected to suspicious incidents that occurred at Walmart on Harrison Road.

According to a news release, the suspicious incidents occurred between January 7 and January 26 at 6020 Harrison Road.

The suspect was seen following victims as they shopped, before making inappropriate contact and smearing an unknown, “mayo-like” substance on them.

If you have any information on the suspect, contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office 478-751-7500 or Special Response Team Sgt. George Witherspoon at gwitherspoon@maconbibb.us