Federal agents looking for former Todt Hill resident Frank (Pee Wee) Matthews instead nab Gattis Hinton in Durham, N.C.

For nearly 30 years, Gattis Hinton managed to stay one step ahead of the law.

But his connection to his former boss, drug kingpin and one-time Todt Hill resident Frank (Pee Wee) Matthews -- himself on the lam from authorities for nearly three decades -- finally did Hinton in.

Earlier this month, federal agents arrested Hinton, 65, a former top lieutenant of the flamboyant Matthews, as they were searching for Matthews in his hometown of Durham, N.C.

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