Lufkin Man Jailed after Dodging Police for a Month

ANGELINA COUNTY — A Lufkin man wanted for over a month has been jailed. According to KETK, on Saturday, Deputy Cody Matthews received information that a known wanted person identified as Matthew Randall Dixon, 22, was possibly staying at a local motel. Deputies have been looking for Matthew Dixon since March 16, after Matthew evaded in a vehicle leading the Angelina County Sheriff’s Department and the Lufkin Police Department on pursuit through the Fuller Springs area, and eventually crashed through the gate of an apartment complex before running on foot. Deputies Matthews and Wilson responded to the Quality Inn located on Hwy 59 S and were able to locate Matthew Dixon where he was placed under arrest. Matthew was transported to the Angelina County Jail on five warrants.