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Court records show Dotson was on eight-year probation from a 1998 assault with a deadly weapon case inHouston, Tex., when he was arrested in 1999, in connection with a second assault with a deadly weaponarrest.Dotson, who had worked as an aide at several nursing homes, was deathly afraid of going back to jail, saidhis bail bonds agents back in Texas, Brian and Deborah Carlisle, who lost the $100,000 bond they securedfor his release.In one of the arrest cases, Dotson responded to an insult against his sister by firing bullets, they said.Holmes was the name of his girlfriend’s brother, Ms. Carlisle said, and they thought he had fled to Louisianabefore disappearing."He was pretty doggone elusive, I’ll tell you that," Ms. Carlisle said. "He made up his mind he wasn’t goingto prison."Dotson’s girlfriend was jailed at one point because authorities believed she had information on hiswhereabouts, Ms. Carlisle said, and they tried to get information from his mother, but she was "just off," andwould often say she had conversations with Elvis about the case."We had people on the mother at work," Ms. Carlisle said. "We had a $10,000 reward on him... We were athis mother’s for every holiday for three or four years."Had he faced his court cases, he would have faced seven years behind bars, and "with the overcrowding inour prison system, he would have been out in a year."Ms. Carlisle said she feels sorry for Dotson’s family, and especially feels for the police officer who walked inon him. "He’s lucky to be alive," she said. "You never know what you’re going up against."The Houston, Tex. cases have since been dismissed against Dotson, with the court filings, dated on Dec. 2,listing the reason in a single, handwritten line: "Defendant died in custody in New York."© 2012 SILive.com. All rights reserved.Also Featured on:ny1.comPage 138 of 161