Up to $73k reward offered for information on escaped Bibb County inmates, feds say

The FBI, U.S. Marshal’s office and other agencies offered a reward of up to $73,000 Wednesday for information leading to the capture of four inmates who escaped the Bibb County jail Monday morning.

The FBI, U.S. Marshal’s service and sheriff’s office each offered up to $5,000 per inmate for tips leading to their capture, a press release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office read. The search for the inmates continues more than two days after the four men broke out of the Bibb County jail in downtown Macon early Monday morning.

Combined with previous search money, the total reward has grown from $1000 initally to $73,000.

The U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force is responsible for three of the inmates — Joey Fournier, 52, Chavis Demaryo Stokes, 29, and Marc Kerry Anderson, 24. The FBI is responsible for Johnifer Barnwell, 37, as he was held in the Oglethorpe Street jail on federal drug charges, according to sheriff David Davis.

The four men escaped at about 3:30 a.m. after they damaged a window and cut through the fence of the jail, Davis said. A blue Dodge Challenger helped the men cut through the fence, according to the sheriff’s office.

The inmates were gone for roughly three hours before authorities knew they were gone.

The release included an additional tip line for the U.S. Marshals Service at 1-877-WANTED2. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office tip lines can be called at 478-310-4485 and 478-310-4502.

This story was originally published October 18, 2023 at 4:32 PM.