Bienville Parish man on the run for 32 years back in custody

This was linked from the story about the animal attack. I didn't want to hijack that thread.

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ARCADIA, La. – A Bienville Parish man who’s been wanted for more than three decades has been captured.


FBI agents arrested Greg Lawson of Ringgold in Mexico, Sheriff John Ballance said.

Bienville sheriff’s deputies went to Houston, Texas, Wednesday afternoon to pick up Lawson at the airport. They are taking him to the Claiborne Parish Detention Center.

A tip received by the FBI New Orleans office led to Lawson's arrest, the agency said in a statement to KTBS.

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Lawson, 63, was convicted in 1991 of attempted murder even though he didn’t stick around to hear the verdict. His truck was found a block away from the Claiborne Parish Courthouse, where the trial was moved to.

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Lawson’s arrest and conviction was notable at the time because Lawson’s family was well-known in Bienville Parish. He grew up in Ringgold, as did the man he shot, Seth Garlington.

Lawson reportedly got away with other crimes during his life because of his family’s influence. A dispute between him and Garlington first led to Lawson forcing Garlington’s vehicle off the road. They got into a fist fight in a gas station parking lot.

Then the guns were pulled out. At the time, those who remembered what happened said it was one of the biggest shootouts Ringgold had ever seen.

Garlington was shot but survived. A Bienville Parish grand jury indicted Lawson for attempted second-degree murder.

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He looked like a bad baw then.



Now, not so much. Interesting they don't have him cuffed.