The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Simsboro man after investigating a call regarding a suspicious person pacing up and down a road.
Matthew Daniel Mattox, 25, was arrested on a felony warrant after he tried to conceal his identity by giving a false name.
Deputies found Mattox walking on Houston Street in Simsboro shortly after midnight. He said he was on a phone call with a friend and did not want to wake up his family, so he went outside. When asked to identify himself, he gave his name as Matthew Cedotal, stating he had identification from Nebraska but no on him.
A record check failed to find anyone by that name. He provided a Social Security number which showed belonging to Mattox. A warrant was located for Mattox for failure to appear in Third District Court on a felony charge of carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
Mattox was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention for resisting an officer by giving the false name and the warrant. Bail on the warrant was set at $65,000.
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