LEBANON, Tenn. (WKRN) — A dangerous fugitive from Indiana, who has spent the last 20 years in and out of prison, is being held in a Middle Tennessee jail while awaiting extradition back to the Hoosier State.
According to the Lebanon Police Department, a tip from a neighboring law enforcement agency and a network of license plate recognition (LPR) cameras covering most thoroughfares around the city led an alert officer to the ex-con’s location.
Body camera footage obtained by News 2 shows the officer pulling up to a white pickup truck. That officer circled around the truck and found 44-year-old Louie Allen Lawson standing by the driver’s door.
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Officer: “Put your hands up! Hands up! What’s your name?”
Lawson: “Name’s Lou.”
Officer: “Got any weapons on you?”
Lawson: “No, sir.”
The officer cuffed the fugitive, and when Lawson asked what the problem was, the officer said he had warrants out of Indiana for his arrest.