PELHAM — Pelham police arrested magazine salesman Keylon Andrews, 23, of Indianapolis Tuesday night on three felony arrest warrants out of Indiana.

Andrews was working as a sales representative for Dynasty Sales and had been selling magazines door-to-door in Pelham and Windham Monday and Tuesday, police said.

Andrews' name was run through a national database after Dynasty Sales forwarded the names of its sales staff to the two police departments.

Local police discovered Andrews was wanted on charges of cocaine possession, robbery/carjacking, and assault and battery by strangulation, all of out Indianapolis.

Police tried to locate Andrews during the day Tuesday, but couldn't find him. A Windham police officer did find most of the Dynasty Sales staff working in the area and was told they were on their way to Pelham to pick up Andrews in the area of Mammoth Road and Monument Hill.

"We were told by Windham PD; they learned he was wanted," Pelham police Lt. Brian McCarthy said. "He had left Windham and was in Pelham, and we arrested him."

Pelham police arrested Andrews just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. He was charged as a fugitive from justice and was arraigned yesterday in Salem District Court.

Andrews is being held on $10,000 cash bail. He did sign a waiver of extradition to go back to Indianapolis, which will happen as soon as local police hear from their counterparts in Indiana.

McCarthy said Dynasty Sales does have a hawkers and peddlers license, as required. He said local ordinances vary from town to town. Pelham has the companies come in, give police a list of the streets they will be selling on and a list of their employees, McCarthy said.

Magazine sales teams descend on Southern New Hampshire every summer. McCarthy said Pelham police try to work with the companies to avoid problems.

"As long as they have all the legal credentials and are operating within the law, we're fine with them," he said.

Residents are encouraged to call police if they are uncomfortable or have an issue with a specific salesman. Patrol officers make a point of being visible in the areas the sales teams are operating in, McCarthy said.

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