Bibb County Sheriff‘s Office Gang Unit, along with the assistance of FBI and FBI SWAT, apprehended 37-year-old Johnifer Dernard Barnwell. Barnwell was located inside a home in Augusta Georgia located in the 3000 block of Alpine Drive just after 8:00 a.m. Sunday. When Barnwell was detained, large amounts of drugs of trafficking quantity were recovered from the home.

Anyone with information on the possible location of 52-year-old Joey Fournier should call the FBI’s tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI(1-800-225-5324), the USMS at 1-877-WANTED2. Tips may also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov or the USMS Tips App.

Media Release

November 3, 2023

Second Bibb County Inmate Captured

Bibb County Sheriff‘s Office Criminal Intelligence Unit, along with the assistance of the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit, Georgia State Patrol S.W.A.T., and U.S. Marshals apprehended 25-year-old Marc Kerry Anderson at the Huntley Apartments located at 1000 Park Dr., Atlanta, Ga. just before 3:00 p.m. this evening.

Anyone with information on the possible location(s) of the other escapees should call the FBI’s tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI(1-800-225-5324), the USMS at 1-877-WANTED2. Tips may also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov or the USMS Tips App.

Media Release

October 26, 2023

UPDATE: Bibb County Inmate Captured

Bibb County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force that 29-year-old Chavis Demaryo Stokes was apprehended in a home in Montezuma at 2:00 p.m.

Anyone with information on the possible location(s) of the other escapees should call the FBI’s tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI(1-800-225-5324), the USMS at 1-877-WANTED2. Tips may also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov or the USMS Tips App.

Media Release

October 16, 2023

Asking for the Public’s Assistance in Locating Detention Center Inmate Escapees

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in finding four inmates who escaped from the Bibb County Detention Center. The inmates fled from the detention center through a damaged day room window and a cut fence, after a blue Dodge Challenger pulled up to the location and helped the inmates flee, at 3:00 a.m., Monday.

The inmates are 52-year-old Joey Fournier, he is a white male with gray hair, and blue eyes, five feet and nine inches tall he weighs 140 pounds. He was being held in the Bibb County detention center for murder.

The second inmate is 24-year-old Marc Kerry Anderson, he is a black male with dreads, five feet and nine inches tall he weighs 165 pounds. He was being held for Aggravated Assault.

The third inmate is 37-year-old Johnifer Dernard Barnwell is a black male with braids, five feet nine inches tall, and weighs 190 pounds. He was being detained by the United States Marshals.

The fourth inmate is 29-year-old Chavis Demaryo Stokes he is a black male, with black hair, five feet seven inches tall, and weighs 160 pounds. He was being detained for Possession of a firearm, and drug trafficking.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office along with the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, FBI, and United States Marshalls Office are currently looking for the inmates.

Anyone with information on the possible location(s) of these escapees should call the FBI’s tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI(1-800-225-5324), the USMS at 1-877-WANTED2. Tips may also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov or the USMS Tips App.