Alachua Model Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Several Felony Domestic Violence Charges

A model from the City of Alachua has been sentenced to five years in prison for several felony domestic violence charges. 

Andrew Allen Lewis, 20, was arrested by Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies in June. The charges were spread out across multiple cases and ranged from misdemeanors to felonies.

This comes after Lewis was arrested in 2025 and later released without formal charges. 

Incident 1

On May 17, 2025, Alachua Police Department (APD) officers arrested Lewis and charged him with burglary and resisting an officer without violence. Officer Carlos Hunt reported the following:

“On May 12, 2025, the victim contacted [APD] due to his vehicle being burglarized. The victim stated that his vehicle had been ransacked and multiple items were removed from his vehicle and thrown in the parking lot. The victim stated that his spare car key which was inside of his vehicle had also been removed from the vehicle. The victim stated that the key had been broken and also thrown in the parking lot. The victim stated that [Lewis], who is a personal friend, sent him multiple text messages threatening to kill him. The victim believed that by [Lewis]' messages that he had burglarized his vehicle…

I made contact with [Lewis] via telephone and informed him that I wanted to speak with him regarding an active investigation. [Lewis] stated that he would meet me at the [APD station]. As of May 17, 2025, [Lewis] has not made contact with law enforcement, or came to [APD] as promised.

On May 17, 2025, at 0830 [am], I responded to [Lewis' residence] to attempt [to] pursue this criminal investigation at the wishes of the victim. [Lewis]' grandmother answered the door and stated [the victim] ‘was supposed to contact the police department and drop the charges.’ [Lewis] refused to come to the door and barricaded himself inside the residence. [Lewis] refused multiple commands to come out of the residence even after he was informed that he was under arrest. [Lewis] did eventually come out after his father intervened.”

Lewis was released on bond and prosecutors with the Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office (SAO8) declined to file formal charges. 

Incident 2

On June 8, 2026, Deputy Adam Diaz responded to the victim’s residence after getting reports of domestic violence. Diaz encountered the victim in visible distress with injuries to her nose and blood on her face. 

The victim indicated that she and Lewis were on-again off-again for over a year. She said they’ve gone their separate ways several times and Lewis “would claim self-harm if [she] did not let him back into her life."

Diaz reported, “On [June 8], [Lewis] arrived at the listed address and began a heated argument with the victim. The victim was in fear of [Lewis] and locked herself in the bathroom. She started a video recording of the suspect banging on the door and yelling at the top of his lungs for her to open the door. The victim asked several times for the suspect to leave the residence or she was calling 911.”

Lewis stopped banging and the victim exited the bathroom while still recording, believing Lewis fled the scene. She walked into the hall and found him standing in the kitchen area. Lewis then charged at the victim while yelling and screaming at her.

“You could see [Lewis] grabbing the victim around her shoulders and neck area and throw her into the wall of the hallway,” Diaz described the video. “At this time the video goes black. The victım stated that she grabbed [Lewis] in an attempt to break free from his grasp. [Lewis] held on to the victim and he [dragged] her into a spare room at the end of the hall. [Lewis] tried to slam her on the floor. While doing this he slammed the victim's head into the door frame… which split her head. The victim gave out a very loud scream to which [Lewis] let go and the victım ran for the front door. The victım stated that [Lewis] gave chase and just before she could exit the door so she could call for help, [Lewis] snatched her cell phone from her hand.”

Lewis, who is reportedly 6’5, began holding the phone over his head. The victim grabbed the front of his shirt collar and attempted to grab her phone. Lewis yelled at the victim that she stretched out his shirt and pushed her to the floor. Lewis then stretched out the victim’s shirt to the point he ripped it and removed it from her body before kneeing her in the face. The victim’s nose reportedly broke as a result. 

Lewis then grabbed the victim again and slammed her onto the wooden floor, hitting her wrist so hard that her hand and fingers went numb. 

The victim screamed as blood poured from her face and she told Lewis, “I am calling the cops.” Lewis then exited the residence. 

The victim began calling her father. While on the phone, Lewis returned inside yelling and overheard the victim’s father say he’d call the police. Lewis then fled the scene before police arrived. 

Incident 3

On June 13, 2026, at 4:00 a.m., the victim invited Lewis to her residence to “spend time together,” the police report states. When Lewis arrived he was upset because McDonald’s was not open. An argument ensued and the victim went into her room and locked the doors. Lewis then broke the door and the victim asked him to leave. Lewis did not leave and eventually both parties went to sleep, with Lewis sleeping on the couch and the victim sleeping in a separate room.

At 9:00 a.m., Lewis woke the victim up and asked to sleep in the room with her, which she declined. The victim went back to sleep and woke up around 1:00 p.m. with Lewis in the bed with her. She told Lewis to leave but he refused. Lewis became angry and took the victim’s phone by prying her fingers apart. 

The victim was able to get her phone back and she tried to run outside to contact ACSO for assistance, but Lewis forcefully took the device back. Lewis then threw the phone on the ground and went towards his vehicle. The victim retrieved her phone, ran inside and locked the door.

As the victim was contacting police, Lewis broke into her house through the backdoor. Lewis grabbed the victim around her neck and attempted to take the cell phone. The victim tried to escape but Lewis held her against her will. The victim was able to break free and retreated to her bedroom. 

Lewis started destroying items around the house before proceeding to the victim’s bedroom. Lewis then picked the victim up and threw her into a mirror. Lewis grabbed several of her items before running to his car. The victim followed and retrieved her belongings. Lewis followed her as she returned inside while they continued to argue. 

Sirens started to become audible, prompting Lewis to begin fleeing while stating, “If you press charges I will kill your family and shoot your house up.” 

Deputies located and arrested Lewis in the afternoon the same day.

Incident 4

Deputy Isaac Minck arrived on scene to provide Lewis transport to the jail and later issued the following report:

“Upon being placed in the back seat, [Lewis] became irate, kicking the interior of the prisoner compartment and damaging the back right seat speaker housing, causing damage estimated at approximately $750.00 United States Dollars to the vehicle. [Lewis] also attempted to kick out the rear window of the vehicle, however was unsuccessful. 

Upon opening the back door of the vehicle to further secure [Lewis], I discovered that [Lewis] had opened my personally owned drink cooler, which was placed on the back left floorboard of the vehicle, and had drank and/or emptied multiple bottles of Gatorade which had been contained within it. I did not give [Lewis] permission to open, enter, or remove any items from the cooler, which was secured with latches and placed underneath a plexiglass riot shield secured to the prisoner partition. This caused a personal loss to me of approximately $12.00 USD. 

Due to [Lewis]' continued noncompliance, he was hobbled. [Lewis] refused to comply with multiple verbal commands during this process, and physically resisted by tensing his limbs and attempting to pull away.

While en route to the Alachua County Jail, [Lewis] made numerous antagonistic and threatening statements to me, including at one point stating ‘You're going to get shot in the head one day in the line of duty.’ I asked [Lewis] if the statement was a threat, to which he said the statement was ‘A foreshadowing.’ Later in the transport, he stated that he wished he could physically fight me, stating ‘I would whip the living shit out of you.’”

Incident 5

On July 10, 2026, Lewis became angry after his attorney told him he required a reclassification to a different jail housing unit. Jail deputies placed Lewis into waiting room cell #F-1 until he could be reclassified to a different housing unit. 

Lewis banged on the wall of the cell and reportedly spoke with multiple detention officers. Lewis eventually threw a plastic breakfast tray at the cell window, causing it to crack. 

The incident was captured on video. 

Plea Deal

Lewis’ cases were resolved relatively quickly in comparison to most other serious felony cases of this nature. 

Lewis resolved all of his felony cases at once with a no contest plea deal negotiated between SAO8 and Adam Stout, his defense attorney. 

Lewis agreed to be adjudicated guilty in all his remaining felony cases in exchange for a five year prison sentence. Lewis was facing life because of his burglary with battery charge. The agreement was contingent on the victim not being deposed.   

As part of the plea deal, Lewis agreed to partake in a dual diagnostic evaluation for mental health and substance abuse, and further promised to partake in a batterers’ intervention program approved by SAO8.

Lewis also agreed to have no contact with the victim and to pay restitution to her and ACSO Jail.

After the initial plea deal, Lewis still had an additional misdemeanor case stemming from his encounter with Minick. The case was resolved at the end of the month with a no contest plea deal, convictions and no additional time on Lewis’ sentence.  

GnvInfo reached out to Stout for comment but received no response.

On Wednesday, Lewis transferred into the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections to begin serving his sentence. He is scheduled to be released in 2031.

Editor's Notes: This article covers incidents that occurred in Alachua County and may not necessarily represent Lewis' entire criminal history.