Man Requests to Be Arrested

LUFKIN – A Lufkin man, who wanted to be arrested, got his wish. Shawn Daggett, 36, was arrested on a charge of criminal tresspass at a Lufkin grocery. He approached an off duty officer working security and told him he had a a criminal tresspass warning for the store. He told the officer he had just been released from jail minutes earlier. He said he wanted to go back so he would have a place to sleep, get free food and a shower. He said he was afraid he would die on the streets in the cold weather. When the officer confirmed Daggett had a criminal tresspass warning, he was taken into custody and will spend Thanksgiving in Jail.