Bienville Parish Sheriff's Office via FBI New Orleans/Twitter.
Nothing is as funny as getting arrested after being on the run for over 30 years.
At least, not to 63-year-old Greg Lawson, who was a fugitive after being convicted in 1991 of attempted murder after a "gun battle," according to The New York Times.
A video shared by the New Orleans branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed the Louisiana man laughing as he was placed in handcuffs. He appeared to say, "I'm alright," as an officer cuffed him, according to the video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Lawson was indicted by a grand jury on 12 counts in 1991, though not all of them were related to the 1990 shooting that left a 21-year-old injured, according to the Times. He fled the courthouse before the jury could announce the guilty verdict against him, per the Times.
"Throughout the years, the FBI ran out numerous leads across the United States, based on various tips and alleged sightings," the FBI said in a press release. "From the beginning, the FBI suspected Lawson had fled to Mexico."
—FBI New Orleans (@FBINewOrleans) September 22, 2023
Lawson was arrested after a tip pointed to a man residing in the town of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca, Mexico, according to the Times. He was living under a false name from a deceased man in Alabama, the newspaper reported.
It was not immediately clear whether Lawson has a lawyer.
"We want to thank our partners and the public in this case, who never gave up hope that justice could be served for Mr. Lawson's victim," Douglas A. Williams Jr., the special agent in charge of New Orleans office, said in the FBI press release. "There is no doubt that Mr. Lawson might still be in the wind if our partners in Mexico had not been willing to deal with this so swiftly."
