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Press Release from: Oregon Dept. of Corrections
OREGON FUGITIVE CAPTURED IN TEXAS
Posted: May 12th, 2006 1:35 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2006
Contact: Perrin Damon, 503-945-0925
perrin.p.damon@state.or.us
Oregon Fugitive Captured in Texas
Information provided by the Oregon Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit led to the capture in Texas Friday of a minimum-security inmate who escaped from custody Friday, May 5.
Matthew Brian Jones, 31, was arrested by Kimball County (Tex) Sheriff's deputies as he slept in his father's car in a Junction, Texas, rest area.
The Department of Corrections investigation led to the suspicion that Jones was using his father's car. Lead investigator Robert Bothwell uncovered enough information to be able to attach the vehicle information to the fugitive warrant. An alert Kimball County deputy sheriff noted the car in the rest area, ran the plates, and discovered the warrant. Deputies surrounded the car, awakened Jones, and arrested him without incident.
Jones was serving time for Theft I and Burglary II convictions from 2004 convictions in Multnomah County. He had concurrent probation sentences from Washington County for Supplying False Information, Theft I and Driving While Suspended/Revoked. His projected release date had been December 2007.
Court proceedings are being initiated to return Jones to Oregon to face additional charges related to the escape.
Additionally, Jones' father, George Leroy Jones, 65, was arrested May 7 by the Yamhill County Sheriff on charges related to helping his son flee from Oregon.
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