NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — A 25-year-old man wanted for human trafficking in Alabama was arrested in New Rochelle on September 25, according to local police. Nana K. Gyapong, of McLeansville, North Carolina, was apprehended by New Rochelle detectives and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force.
Gyapong was wanted on a full extradition warrant from Jefferson County, Alabama, for two counts of first-degree human trafficking. Authorities received information that Gyapong was in the New Rochelle area, and he was located in the parking lot of LA Fitness at 75 Nardozzi Place.
Gyapong was arrested without incident and charged as a fugitive from justice under New York State Criminal Procedure Law.
He remains in custody, awaiting extradition to Alabama.