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    Macon inmate pleads guilty to jail escape

    By Staff Reports,

    18 hours ago
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    A Macon man who broke out of the Bibb County Jail in 2023 as he was awaiting federal sentencing for armed drug trafficking has pleaded guilty to escaping from custody. File Photo

    MACON – A Macon man who broke out of the Bibb County Jail in 2023 as he was awaiting federal sentencing for armed drug trafficking has pleaded guilty to escaping from custody.

    Johnifer Dernard Barnwell, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of escape from custody before U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal. Barnwell faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. His sentencing date will be determined by the court. There is no parole in the federal system.

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