By Bernie Dotson

Sun Correspondent

A former Gallup resident was arrested Sept. 27 by the Albuquerque Police Department after an incident wherein he attempted to take a 2-year-old from her mother.

According to a complaint filed in Albuquerque District Court, Dustin Sherman, 29, was taken into custody after he tried to take the child from her mother, who was ultimately able to secure the child from Sherman.

Sherman, who has a long arrest record in and around Gallup, was jailed after residents in the Apache Elementary School neighborhood near Cooper Avenue saw Sherman looking in windows at the school and during school hours.

According to police records, Sherman relocated to Albuquerque after residing in Gallup for the past two years. Sherman was arrested in June 2016 in Gallup on a shoplifting charge, records show.

Sherman was also arrested in Gallup in 2009 on charges of battery on a police officer. That charge led to a suspended 18-month jail sentence. In 2013, he was again arrested on a battery on a police officer charge; those charges were later dropped by prosecutors.

The Albuquerque incident has Sherman facing kidnapping charges. Sherman’s bond amount wasn’t immediately available from Albuquerque jail officials.