The 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, 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 the United States Marshals 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.