TWO-STATE CAR CHASE ARREST 10-21-16

Five North Escambia County schools were placed on lockdown for a brief period late yesterday morning as Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies a vehicle north through the county. Roosevelt Dixon, was wanted on several outstanding felony warrants when he was spotted in a car by a deputy. He refused to stop and was pursued into Baldwin County, Alabama, where he was eventually stopped and arrested on charged that include grand theft, kidnapping, carjacking and grand theft auto. He will also be charged with fleeing and eluding. Schools ordered into a brief lockdown included Northview High, Ernest Ward Middle, Bratt Elementary, Molino Park Elementary and Jim Allen Elementary. Dixon is awaiting extradition back to Florida.

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