Wanted man arrested on six warrants

Alex R. Lawson. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.
Alex R. Lawson. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.

Police arrested a man wanted on six warrants Tuesday night in a west Columbus home.

Officers from the Columbus police and the Bartholomew County sheriff’s department served the warrant on 23-year-old Alex R. Lawson at about 8 Tuesday night in the 2100 block of Shadow Fox Drive, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police.

Lawson was wanted for failing to appear in court on charges including possession of a syringe, driving while suspended, domestic battery, battery with bodily injury, resisting law enforcment, battery by bodily waste and contempt of court. There was also a warrant for his arrest out of Jennings County, Harris said.