Jul 3, 2021 · Friday, a superior court judge sentenced don Hawbaker to 20 years: 10 to be served in prison and 10 years on probation afterward. The charges stem from an encounter on Feb. 3 where...

Jul 2, 2021 · Spalding County Commissioner Don Hawbaker pleaded guilty in court Friday morning from charges stemming from his February 2020 arrest.

Jul 6, 2021 · Hawbaker, 64, pleaded guilty to shooting at the deputies and was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 10 years of probation. At a court hearing, Hawbaker’s attorney blamed the suspended county commissioner’s behavior on alcohol abuse and mental health issues.

Jul 2, 2021 · Don Hawbaker, who has been held without bond in the Spalding County Jail without bond since Feb. 4, 2020, today accepted a guilty plea to five counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer. The guilty plea was accepted by Griffin Judicial Circuit …

May 3, 2022 · GRIFFIN — The Supreme Court of Georgia on Tuesday accepted the voluntary surrender of Donald Hawbaker’s law license in connection with his 2021 felony convictions and prison sentence. Hawbaker pleaded guilty in July 2021 to five counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer in connection with a standoff with Spalding County deputies at ...

Oct 30, 2020 · — A grand jury indicted Spalding County Commissioner Don Hawbaker on eight felony charges Thursday. The charges stem from a situation where SWAT officers were called to his Satilla Court home...

Feb 5, 2020 · Deputies said they were trying to serve a warrant for domestic violence-related charges on 64-year-old Donald Hawbaker at his home located in the 1100 block of Satilla Court when they were met...

Jul 15, 2021 · Suspended Spalding County District 5 Commissioner Donald Hawbaker, who entered a guilty plea July 2 in connection with his February 2020 arrest, has begun serving his sentence. Hawbaker, 66, is currently being housed at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records.

Jul 5, 2021 · Suspended Spalding County Board of Commissioners member Don Hawbaker’s guilty plea Friday does not mean that he is automatically removed from his commission seat.

Around 5:30 p.m., officials confirmed Spalding County Commissioner Donald Hawbaker was arrested. NewsChopper 2 over the scene showed a tank in the front yard and a huge hole in the house where...