U.S. Marshals arrest fugitive in Ohio wanted for child sex crimes in Sweden
Mar. 3—A man arrested Wednesday morning in Ohio is awaiting extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of sexually assaulting a child.
Andrew G. Gonnella, 33, of Eaton, was arrested in Columbus without incident and taken to the federal courthouse in Columbus, according to a release from Deputy U.S. Marshal Daniel Tebo of the Southern District of Ohio.
Gonnella was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service because he is a fugitive from Sweden, where he faces charges of gross rape of a child and gross sexual assault of a child. The charges are connected to crimes that allegedly happened during Gonnella's travel to Sweden, the release stated.
He will be housed in the Butler County Jail, Tebo said.
The international fugitive investigation that led to Gonnella's arrest involved the Swedish government, INTERPOL, U.S. Marshal's Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST), FBI and Eaton Police Division.
U.S. Marshals SOFAST is a multi-jurisdictional task force comprised of the Dayton Police Department, Springfield Police Division, Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Clark County Sheriff's Office, Miami County Sheriff's Office, Champaign County Sheriff's Office, Montgomery County Prosecutors Office, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Perry Twp. Police Department, West Carrollton Police Department, Springboro Police Department, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, Xenia Police Division, Warren County Sheriff's Office and the United States Secret Service.
