From a press release, TAG, the Trumbull, Ashtabula, Geauga law enforcement task force, arrested Adel A. Yazidi in Bristol Township Friday on three charges of attempted murder. Ashtabula County sheriff's deputies and TAG officers later confiscated an SKS semiautomatic assault rifle from an Ashtabula County property where Yazidi recently resided.  

Indiana State Police in LaGrange County, Ind., advised the Trumbull County 911 center earlier that day to be on the look out for Yazidi, who was suspected of being in the area. The suspect was listed as armed and dangerous. Trumbull County Sheriff's Department searched the city of Warren and Southington Township but didn't locate Yazidi. 

Later information indicated the suspect could be in Ashtabl1la County. At 8:10 p.m., members of TAG spotted the suspect's vehicle in Ashtabula County and trailed it to Bristol Township in Trumbull County. Officers from Champion Police Department, Ashtabula and Trumbull county sheriffs' deputies, and members of the task force stopped Yazidi and took him into custody without incident.   

A female resident at the Ashtabula County property where the assault rifle was confiscated also was arrested and charged with obstruction related to the case.  Officers noted Yazidi's birth date did not match the date on his driver’s license, which showed Sept. 11, of al1 dates. Other documents taken during the arrest showed various spellings of his name, also.  Yazidi, who was born in Yemen, was wanted in Indiana on three charges of attempted murder. Authorities there will pursue his extradition from Ohio back to Indiana to face charges.

Article from the Star Beacon - Sunday, March 28, 2004 - Mark Tuscano - Staff Writer