A former D.C.-area fugitive busted while driving around with stacks of cash has managed to escape from the clutches of law enforcement, and U.S. marshals are asking the public to help track him down.
Andy Stephen Alexander, 41, violated his parole on a federal weapons conviction last August and has been on the run since. Police in South Carolina stopped Alexander for speeding and discovered $600,000 in cash inside the car, which was registered in someone else’s name. Police seized the money and released Alexander pending further investigation because he was not wanted at the time.
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Alexander, a convicted drug dealer, never returned to claim the money, and authorities have not seen him since, said Matt Burke, supervisory inspector with the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. He is now wanted on charges of violating his parole.
“Alexander seems to be doing fairly well,” Burke said. “We’d like the public’s help in shutting down whatever business Andy Alexander is currently involved in and changing his address back to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.”
Burke said Alexander is a dangerous criminal with arrests for armed drug dealing and attempted murder in Prince George’s County. He was convicted of federal drug charges in 1991 and 2001, and has a federal weapons conviction from 2006. Alexander was arrested in 2003 in Mirmar, Fla., on an earlier parole violation.
Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Alexander lived on the 900 block of Mount Olive Road NE and 700 block of Ethan Allen Avenue in Takoma Park between prison stints.
He is listed as being 5 feet 10 inches tall and 165 pounds. At one time, he had a gold front tooth. He sometimes uses the alias Lloyd Alexander.
Anyone with information on Alexander’s whereabouts can call the U.S. Marshals Service at 301-489-1717 or 800-336-0102. Law enforcement is offering a reward for information leading to his arrest.
The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, is composed of 28 federal, state and local agencies from Baltimore to Norfolk. The unit has captured more than 23,000 wanted fugitives since its creation in 2004.
