UPDATE: Winship Street ‘Candy Lady’ won’t sell candy anymore

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Winship Street ‘Candy Lady’ will not sell candy from her home anymore.

After three young men attacked her husband Sunday night, Mrs. Kelso tells 41NBC she’s scared she’s in harm’s way.

She says she’s been selling the candy for a couple of months. She wanted to do something nice for the neighborhood children so they didn’t have to cross busy intersections when they wanted something sweet, but that’s about to change.

Mrs. Kelso says her husband, William Kelso, invited three men who appeared to be 20-years-old into their home because he thought they wanted to buy candy. Mr. Kelso was trying to find Laffy Taffy for the men and when he looked up, there was a gun in his face. Mr. Kelso told his wife he has never seen the men before.

Mrs. Kelso says the suspects went into different rooms looking for money. She says they took cash, jewelry, a cell phone, and a set of keys.

Mrs. Kelso tells 41NBC aside from a few stitches to his head, her husband is fine.

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The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a home invasion on Winship Street.

According to a news release, it happened around 6:00 p.m. Sunday. 68-year-old William Kelso told deputies he sells candy from his home. He said three young men knocked on the door and invited them in because he thought they were there to buy candy.

Deputies say once the suspects entered the house, two of them pulled out guns and demanded money from Kelso. One of the suspects hit Kelso in the head with a gun. Once they took the money, they left the home.

Kelso was treated for his head injury at the hospital and release. No one else was injured during this incident.

Deputies say no suspect information is available right now.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 and ask to leave a message for the “on-call” investigator or call Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME