Family Wants ‘Big Daddy’ Released: The 6-year-old...

Family Wants ‘Big Daddy’ Released: The 6-year-old granddaughter of convicted Texas thrift owner Don R. Dixon is asking that he be released on bail until his sentencing in February on 23 counts of bank fraud. Candice Reeves and 79 other friends and relatives of Dixon wrote U.S. District Judge Joe Fish requesting a new bond hearing. Since his conviction Dec. 23 Dixon has been held at a federal correctional facility. “Dear judge,” she wrote, “Can big daddy get out of jail? He will not leave town. Love, Candice.” His sentencing is Feb. 19, and prosecutors have asked that he stay in jail until then. They fear he will flee the country.