El Salvador man, on the run for 12 years, arrested in Schenectady

SCHENECTADY — A man who was on the run from police for more than a decade after being charged with criminal sex acts in New Jersey was arrested in Schenectady on Thursday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

A warrant for the arrest of Adan Lemus, 49, was issued in 2014 after he didn’t appear in court to face charges of criminal sexual contact, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service. He’s accused of using “physical force on a victim for sexual gratification,” police said.

Lemus was arrested in New Jersey in 2013 and, after he was released on bond, he fled the state, the Marshals Service said…

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