Jury seated in first murder trial at new Columbus judicial center

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A jury was seated Monday in the first murder trial at the new John D. Allen Judicial Center in Columbus.Christopher Tice is charged with beating 45-year-old Craig Perry to death with a baseball bat. Opening statements begin Tuesday morning in Judge Carolyn “Tippi” Cain Burch’s courtroom.Windows broken Saturday nightThe building also made news over the weekend. Someone broke two windows Saturday night, one day after the ribbon cutting.Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman said the vandalism happened between 8:15 and 8:25 p.m. Saturday. He said the suspect remains at large and appears to be a man with a thin build, about 5-foot-8 or 5-foot-9.“This is something that we don’t take lightly,” Countryman said. “We’re going to put the right people on it, and hopefully we can bring this person to justice.”Superior Court Judge Bobby Peters said he does not understand why someone would do it.“Why anyone would want to pick up a brick and throw it through a window, to me it