Columbus, OH – United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to
announce Anthony Truss was arrested April 7, 2021 in Covington, Georgia.
Levon Sommerville was also arrested on April 12, 2021 in Tucker,
Georgia. Truss and Sommerville were wanted by the Columbus Police
Department on separate warrants issued March 3, 2021 from the Delaware
Common Pleas Court charging Truss and Sommerville for Felonious Assault.
These charges stem from a firearm assault occurring on March 3, 2021,
where Truss and Sommerville allegedly used handguns to shoot at each
other inside the Polaris Mall.
The Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike
Team (SOFAST) adopted the fugitive investigation on March 3, 2021 at the
request of the Columbus Police Department. Columbus Police
investigators, Columbus Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit,
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and SOFAST
work together on this investigation. Investigators believed Truss and
Sommerville fled Ohio and were in the State of Georgia. The U.S. Marshal
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Georgia arrested Truss and
Sommerville.
Columbus SOFAST is a fugitive-focused, U.S.
Marshals Service-led task force consisting of local, state and federal
authorities including the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Columbus
Division of Police, Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Adult Parole
Authority, Hocking County Sheriff’s Office, Lancaster Police Department,
Delaware County Probation, Ohio Attorney General Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, United States Secret Service, U.S. Attorney’s Office,
Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Zanesville Police Department.
Anyone with information on any fugitive may send
an anonymous tip to the Marshals by texting the keyword SOFAST and their
message to 847411 (tip411). Anonymous web tips can also be submitted
through the U.S. Marshals’ website at
https://www.usmarshals.gov/tips/index.html.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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