On Friday, May 22, 2020, officers from the San Augustine County Sheriff's Office, SA Police Department, DPS Highway Patrol and the TDCJ prison system in Woodville caught Jed Landon Townsend, 36, after he escaped custody and evaded arrest for about 18 hours. Sheriff Robert Cartwright called in a search team from the prison system to help track the suspect with dogs and followed on horseback. The suspect was spotted by Sergeant J.T. Moon, of the San Augustine County Sheriff's Office, under a bridge on US 96 South. Townsend is currently being held on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Dangerous Drug and Escape.