A man who led law enforcement officers on a pursuit Friday through San Juan County and then holed up in a house behind McGee Park in a four-hour SWAT standoff, is being held in the San Juan County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond.

Andres Jose Gallegos, 36, of Farmington, is charged with possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, reckless driving, no proof of insurance and improper display of a registration plate.

Gallegos reportedly was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service on unrelated charges when a New Mexico State Police patrolman saw him driving a 2020 Ford Mustang about 1 p.m. Friday in the area of San Juan County Road 350.

Gallegos was a wanted felon with a “history of violent activity, illegal activity with firearms and association with illegal drugs/narcotics,” according to the affidavit for arrest warrant, which also stated the U.S. Marshals Service used the Farmington Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center to locate Gallegos driving through the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and Andrea Drive.”

State Police Patrolman Draesen Avery stated in the affidavit that started his overhead lights and siren to stop the vehicle, but it “ignored the visual and audible signals.”

Gallegos reportedly accelerated and “recklessly” drove through a four-way stop without slowing down. Another officer then joined the chase, and Gallegos reportedly drove the Mustang south on County Road 350 onto County Road 3100 and then to County Road 3150 before ending up at a property in the 5800 Block of U.S. 64.

“I observed the top of Andres’ head and body running toward the south side of the home,” Avery wrote in the affidavit. “I gave verbal commands for the male to stop, but he continued to run behind the house.”

Homeowner Justin Sanchez left the house and told the Tri-City Record that he did not want to involve himself in Andres’ business with law enforcement.

Sanchez reportedly did notify police that “Andres immediately started smoking ‘blues’ or fentanyl pills” when he entered the home. Sanchez also told police he had a 10-gauge shotgun in the home, according to the affidavit.

While Avery waited for Gallegos to exit the home, he was in touch with other law enforcement agencies, which made him aware of Gallegos’ reported “heavy association with fentanyl.” Galegos also reportedly had been involved “in the larceny of numerous firearms and was noted to be the suspect in an armed robbery investigated by the Sheriff’s Office,” the affidavit states.

Additional State Police officers and the Farmington Police Department SWAT team were called to assist in removing Gallegos from the home and the property. There were multiple call-outs and commands for him to exit the building, but he reportedly ignored them, and later admitted to “hiding in the attic of the house to avoid apprehension,” according to the affidavit.

After a four-hour standoff, Gallegos surrendered and was arrested without incident. He was booked into the San Juan County Detention Center at 1:52 a.m. Saturday.

His vehicle was searched after law enforcement secured a search warrant, and police say there a 12-gauge shotgun and .410 caliber ammunition were found in the Mustang.

A public safety analysis of Gallegos resulted as Level 1, meaning he should be released pending trial, but Assistant District Attorney Ian Jump filed a Rule 409 Expedited Motion for Pretrial Detention on Oct. 30 in San Juan County Magistrate Court.

The motion detailed Gallegos’ criminal history, which included gun crimes, armed robbery, jail contraband, drug charges, two breaking-and-entering charges, three burglary charges, unlawful assault on a jail guard, and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.

“Based on the serious nature of the offense and the defendant’s criminal history, the State believes no viable conditions of release exist to ensure the safety of the community at this time,” the order states.

Jump also requested the case be transferred to the 11yh Judicial District Court for a holding hearing on the matter.