Former Bibb County Jail Deputy Sentenced to 20 Years for Assaulting Female Inmate

MACON, Ga. – A former Bibb County jail deputy has been sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the beating, choking and repeated tasing of a female inmate inside the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.

Frederick Ogletree pleaded guilty on August 17, 2026, just before his trial was scheduled to begin. He entered a non-negotiated plea to Aggravated Assault, Violation of Oath by a Public Officer, Battery and Cruelty to an Inmate.

A judge sentenced Ogletree to 20 years, with the first 10 years to be served in prison. Prosecutors had requested a 40-year sentence with 20 years in prison.

The charges stemmed from an incident on May 26, 2023, at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center on Oglethorpe Street.

According to prosecutors, Ogletree and another deputy were escorting a female inmate to a court appearance when they instructed her to remove a religious head covering.

When the woman protested and pointed toward the other officer, prosecutors said the deputy struck her. Both deputies then allegedly participated in an assault that included choking and punching the woman and repeatedly deploying Tasers against her.

The woman was forced to the ground, kicked in the head and thrown into a housing dorm, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors Say Deputies Returned and Assaulted Woman Again

Minutes after the initial confrontation, the deputies allegedly returned wearing gloves reinforced with hard knuckles.

Prosecutors said they pulled the woman back out of the dorm and again punched her in the head and body. The deputies then dragged her by her collar to another housing block.

During the incident, the woman lost a shoe, which prosecutors said was then used to strike her in the head.

The woman was eventually placed inside a cell. Prosecutors said Ogletree smiled and gestured as he locked her inside.

As part of his sentence, Ogletree is prohibited from contacting the victim and permanently barred from working in law enforcement, security or any other position involving responsibility for protecting people or property. He is also prohibited from possessing firearms.

“Frederick Ogletree took an oath to protect the people in his custody, and instead he beat a defenseless woman, tased her, and smiled about it afterward,” Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney Anita Howard said.

Howard said the conviction permanently ends Ogletree’s law enforcement career and that prosecutors remain committed to pursuing the case against the second officer.

Ogletree’s co-defendant had been scheduled to stand trial with him but did not enter a plea. That trial was halted before the jury was sworn because of an issue involving alleged improper communication by a juror.

Assistant Deputy Chief Jeremy B. Johnson prosecuted the case.