Macon cop allegedly discussed ongoing homicide case, jail security with ‘dangerous’ gangster

—A Bibb County sheriff’s deputy was arrested this week and accused of violating her oath of office when she allegedly engaged in conversations on social media with a convicted gangster in state prison and discussed an ongoing Macon homicide probe.

The deputy, Paulette Anita Lanier, was released from jail Tuesday after posting $30,000 bail about five hours after she was booked.

In a warrant, investigators also accused her of providing the convicted gangster with the names of on-duty deputies and discussing “security operations” at the Bibb jail where she has worked as a corrections officer.

Lanier, 53, of Houston County, was said to have been in contact with two other inmates who were using contraband cellphones to communicate with her. Further details were not noted in the warrant, though the name of the convicted gangster, Johntellis Montez Mathis, was mentioned.

It was unclear how the matter came to light, but investigators obtained a social media search warrant on Dec. 20.

Investigators did not list the social media avenue they searched.

However, a Facebook account under the moniker “DaBlack TBrady” — an apparent nod to NFL star quarterback Tom Brady — that investigators linked to Mathis was independently verified by The Telegraph as having been used by Mathis.

On social media, Lanier is a mutual

Facebook “friend” with that account.

Mathis, 35, is serving a 20-year sentence, 10 of them in prison, for gang-related charges.

According to the authorities, Mathis is the self-avowed leader of the Blacc Team, an alleged local offshoot of the better-known Gangster Disciples. He has been housed in the state prison system since last April.