--- description: A Massachusetts man accused of raping a child who had been on the run since September was arrested late Tuesday in New York, authorities said. title: Massachusetts Gregory Lewis Child Rape Suspect Caught in New York image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Child Rape Suspect Caught in New York by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 29, 2014 9:53 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 29, 2014 9:53 PM CUT A Massachusetts man accused of raping a child who had been on the run since September was [arrested](http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/justice/massachusetts-child-rape-suspect/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft2 "undefined") late Tuesday in New York, authorities said. Gregory Lewis, 26, was also wanted in several states in connection with a series of sexual assaults, kidnappings, and armed robberies, CNN reports. He’s accused of robbing, assaulting, and handcuffing several victims who he met online. Lewis was arrested Tuesday after fleeing New York state troopers attempting to pull him over for driving with a missing license plate, authorities said. Lewis later crashed his car into a river. The suspect, who had been charged with four counts of felony child rape in August, fled Massachusets after cutting off his GPS-monitoring bracelet. Lewis had been seen in Charlotte, Denver, Portland, Boise, and Salt Lake City since he fled. \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/justice/massachusetts-child-rape-suspect/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft2 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3547038/child-rape-suspect-gregory-lewis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3547038/child-rape-suspect-gregory-lewis/"},"headline":"Child Rape Suspect Caught in New York","datePublished":"2014-10-29T21:53:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:06:20.074Z","description":"Gregory Lewis had been spotted in a handful of states since he fled Massachusetts in August","url":"https://time.com/3547038/child-rape-suspect-gregory-lewis/","keywords":["Crime","New York","Massachusetts"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3547038/child-rape-suspect-gregory-lewis/","name":"Child Rape Suspect Caught in New York"}}]}] ```