DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
RICKEY DALE NICHOLSON
SPICEWOOD — A 51-year-old man on parole who allegedly bragged that he would never go back to prison ended up right back in that direction Nov. 19 thanks to two Burnet County constables.
Burnet County Precinct 4 Constable Chris Jett assisted by Burnet County Precinct 3 Constable Jimmy Ballard in the arrest of Rickey Dale Nicholson about 1:30 p.m. at a construction site in Spicewood.
Jett said Nicholson, who has a Kingsland address, was wanted after his parole was revoked.
“I got an anonymous tip at my office that he was working at a construction site in Spicewood and had told other workers that he wasn’t ever going back to prison,” Jett said. When Jett looked up the warrant, he discovered parole officials had revoked Nicholson’s parole after a conviction of felony assault with strangulation.
“He was basically charged with family violence,” Jett said.
After learning Nicholson’s possible whereabouts, Jett asked Ballard if he would assist in serving the warrant.
“In a situation like this, where you have a person who’s said he’s never going back to prison, you want to have someone back you up,” Jett said.
As the two constables arrived at the construction site, they found Nicholson working on the roof. Jett said, when the man saw Ballard and himself, the parolee knew why they were there and offered no resistance.
Jett transported Nicholson to the Burnet County Jail, where he was being held as of Nov. 22.
“He had a pretty extensive criminal history,” Jett said about Nicholson. “He had probably 14 arrests and several felonies. It’s good to get him off the streets.”
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