A Haddock man is on his way back to prison after facing seven cases in Jones County Superior Court last week.
Maurice Keith Greene Sr., 63, is well known to Jones County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Gray Police officers with active cases that date back to 2015.
Greene was in court May 1 to enter guilty pleas to three new Jones County cases and stipulate to modifications of two Jones County probation cases and two Baldwin County cases. Assistant District Attorney Cara Fiore prosecuted all seven cases, and Greene was represented by public defender Charlie Koch.
Superior Court Judge Stephen Bradley presided over the proceeding.
Greene received a sentence of 10 years for the charge of aggravated assault and 12 months for a simple battery. The counts are to run concurrently for a total of 10 years with the first three years served in confinement. He was given credit for time in since his March 13 arrest on the current charges.
He also received 12 months to serve on two new misdemeanor obstruction cases, which will run at the same time as the felony sentence.
His probation was revoked for three years in each of the two Jones County cases for which he is currently serving probation. The end dates of those sentences are Dec. 17, 2035, and July 2, 2030.
The two Baldwin County probation cases have end dates of May 10, 2030, and were also prosecuted by Fiore. The resolution of those cases were the same as the Jones County cases.
All conditions are special for each of his probation sentences, which mean that any violations, even technical violations, may allow the entire sentence to be revoked to prison.
The incident report from the Greene’s most recent felony case, an aggravated assault dated Nov. 19, 2024, was written by Jones County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Travis Walker. The deputy stated he was dispatched to Plum Street in reference to an ongoing physical altercation.
Dispatch informed him they could hear what sounded like fighting on the open 911 line. Walker was updated while en route that a male was hitting a female in the face. He was also informed that Greene was the alleged offender.
Walker said Greene had left the scene before he arrived. He spoke to the victim, who told him Greene had been doing some work at her property and became irate when told his work was not satisfactory.
The complainant was attacked in front of witnesses. The attack included grabbing the victim by the neck, causing injury, and punching her repeatedly.
Walker said pictures of the victim’s injuries were taken.
According to the Georgia Department of Corrections website, Greene has served time in prison six times, most recently from July 2, 2020, to Nov. 16, 2022. His first prison incarceration is listed as March 13, 1996.
It appears his first arrest in Jones County following his November of 2022 release from prison as Aug. 17, 2023, by Gray Police Officer Mitch Lovich due to an outstanding warrant. Greene was wanted for a probation violation for a charge of theft by shoplifting in Henry County.
Greene was sentenced Aug. 22, 2016, to five years each for five counts of burglary in second degree and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. The first four burglary counts run consecutively and the two remaining counts concurrently for a total of 20 years. The first seven years of the sentence are to be served in confinement and the remainder on probation.
As part of the negotiated sentence, Greene received credit for time served since his Nov. 18, 2015, arrest. The end date of his sentence is Nov. 17, 2035.
His first prison incarceration for that sentence was from Nov. 13, 2016, to April 9, 2019.
After hearing the state’s recommendation of three years to serve in prison for Greene for his violations, the judge requested assurance that Jones County Sheriff Butch Reece was in agreement with the recommendation.
Bradley previously commented that to his knowledge the seven cases were the most he had resided over at one time for a defendant. He categorized the defendant as a “one man crime wave.”
Fiore left the courtroom for a moment to call the sheriff and returned stating he had agreed to the resolution for Greene.
