Judge Denies Bond Reduction For Century High Speed Chase Suspect

January 6, 2017

A Century man that led law enforcement on a high speed chase from Pensacola to Baldwin County last October will remain in jail.

At a hearing this week, Judge Thomas Dannheisser denied a motion to reduce bond for 29-year old Roosevelt Lamont Dixon. He remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set $162,600. He is charged with fleeing and eluding law enforcement at a high speed, knowingly driving with a suspended  license second offense, cocaine possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, fleeing and eluding law enforcement, robbery, driving with a suspended license first offense, aggravated battery and carjacking.

On October 20, an Escambia County deputy in an unmarked vehicle first spotted Dixon on Pensacola Boulevard near I-10 in a Dodge Charger. Dixon took I-10 to Davis Highway as deputies worked to get marked units in the area in order to conduct a traffic stop. He continued to Creighton Road. A traffic stop was attempted in the Rooms-To-Go parking lot on Davis Highway at Airport Boulevard. Dixon allegedly fled north on Davis Highway to I-10 back to Pensacola Boulevard.

The pursuit traveled north to Cantonment and Molino at speeds over 100 mph. The vehicle was chased into Alabama and Highway 112 before Florida deputies lost sight of it. Baldwin County law enforcement located the vehicle near the Foley Beach Expressway and I-10. Dixon was apprehended in a wooded area following a K-9 search.

Several schools in the North Escambia area were place on lockdown during pursuit as a precaution.

According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, this was not the first time Dixon had run from them.

On June 16, deputies conducted on a traffic stop on a Hyundai Sonata with no tag on Tulip Street near Century, just yards from the Alabama state line. The deputy reported that after the Sonata came to a stop, Dixon allegedly pushed the female driver out of the car, jumped into the car and fled, nearly running over her and taking her vehicle without her permission. Dixon fled into Alabama.

Dixon was also wanted since 2015 on drug charges after the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit and a SWAT team executed a search warrant at his home and recovered items including crack cocaine and spice.

Dixon remains in the Escambia County Jail without bon

Comments

4 Responses to “Judge Denies Bond Reduction For Century High Speed Chase Suspect”

  1. anne 1of2 on January 6th, 2017 8:48 am

    One smart judge. To bad the bail isn’t even higher.

  2. paul on January 6th, 2017 8:40 am

    he proved what kind of person he is. Keep him locked up until he’s too old to run.

  3. Bill on January 6th, 2017 8:16 am

    No bond and a very long prison sentence that is the prize he won when he decided to run !!!

  4. mick on January 6th, 2017 4:43 am

    This one’s eventual release from jail should be to step on the bus headed to state prison.

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