By Bill Donovan
A Gallup man, wanted on multiple felony warrants, was arrested Aug. 30 at his residence on West Wilson Avenue.
Frederick Alan Lewis, 60, was arrested without incident.
The request for Lewis’s arrest came earlier that day from Joshua Lynn, a member of the Human Traffic Task Force within the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office. Lynn reported that Lewis should be regarded as “armed and dangerous.”
Lynn informed the police that Lewis, according to information that came from the state’s motor vehicle division, was residing at a house on West Wilson Avenue.
He currently has three outstanding felony warrants — human trafficking, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony. Lynn also told Gallup police that Lewis had “violent tendencies.”
Surveillance on the house began about 1:30 pm, and it was reported just after 10 pm, a man matching Lewis’s description was seen at the residence through the open front door.
Another man and woman were also seen at the residence.
Gallup Police Department Captain Marinda Spencer said surveillance continued throughout the night, and once a search warrant was granted the following morning, several police officers went to the residence at about 1:30 pm and made the arrest.
“He surrendered without incident,” she said.
