Jeffrey Paul Jones... dog killer, chicken lover

You know how sometimes you read those things about archaic and often illogical laws, like how in some place it might be illegal to spit in the wind on a Thursday. Sometimes, I hear about things that are illegal in Macon and I wonder why. For instance, it is illegal to keep chickens inside the city limits, which might be another reason those unincorporated people are so pissed about the idea that they'll be annexed. Since I live in Macon, I'm pretty sure that when I hear something like this anti-chicken thing that there's a reason and it's probably because there's a wacko doing it.

Meet Jeffrey Paul Jones. He's accused of nearly decapitating a dog, Emax, owned by Otis Redding III, the son of our local music legend. He kept chickens in his house. And that's why he killed Emax, he says, because he didn't want dogs getting his chickens. So he trapped him and dispatched him with a machete, disposing of the remains behind a house in his Hill Street neighborhood. Since he confessed to doing this, I can't imagine why he's even on trial.

Do you remember the actor Jeffrey Jones? They aren't related except that the name sounds the same, and that's why I bring it up: because the name sounds familiar. The actor was arrested in 2002 for paying a kid to take pictures naked while he fondled. He's done some acting, most notably on Deadwood, and most disturbingly for a cartoon show. Don't you think it's strange that no one ever talks about what he did and he still gets work?