A judge has set a February trial date for Armon Dixon, an inmate facing an escape charge for leaving the Lincoln Correctional Center in June.
Dixon, 37, was brought to Lincoln from the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution Monday and was escorted into the courtroom by three state Department of Correctional Services employees.
Two Lancaster County Sheriff's deputies also were in the courtroom for the brief hearing that marked Dixon's first physical appearance. He made one prior appearance by video and waived a second. But this time, he had to be present to withdraw a request he had made for a quick and speedy trial under the detainer act.
Lancaster County District Judge Andrew Jacobsen set Dixon's trial for the jury term that begins Feb. 6.
Dixon and Timothy Clausen, 52, are accused of escaping from the maximum-security prison near Pioneers Park in the back of a laundry truck on the morning of June 10.
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Law enforcement caught Dixon the next day in a storm sewer at 49th and Francis streets in northeast Lincoln after he allegedly assaulted a mother and daughter in the 5900 block of Norfolk Drive.
If convicted, Dixon could get 10 to 60 years more because prosecutors have alleged he is a habitual criminal. As it is, he's not eligible for parole until 2120.