Paula J Allen

A 33-year-old man is believed to have drowned in the Ocmulgee River Friday afternoon while trying to save a group of children, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The man came with the children to the river to swim, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. When he saw the children struggling in the water, he jumped in to help them. Witnesses lost sight of him after he went into the water, the release said. The children are accounted for and unharmed, the sheriff’s office said. Emergency responders arrived on scene around 1:30 p.m., about an hour later. Firefighters found the man, and Deputy Coroner Luanne Stone pronounced him dead on scene. The victim was later identified as Billy Scott Carter. The sheriff’s office said next of kin had been notified about his death. The sheriff’s office urged anyone with information about this incident to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.

Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials say was one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S. Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month for the streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,” the Justice Department said Thursday. At one point, Jetflicks claimed to host more than 183,200 TV episodes — a lineup larger than the combined catalogs of Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Amazon Prime Video, according to prosecutors. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, beginning as early as 2007, the five men — Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi and Peter Huber — operated the Jetflicks streaming service. The group used “sophisticated computer scripts” and software to scour piracy services (including the Pirate Bay and Torrentz) for illegal copies of TV episodes,...