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OBAMA SUSPECT LIVED IN FAIRFIELD
Middletown Journal, OH
July 7 2007
Man had knife in his car when arrested at Barack Obama's Iowa hotel.
FAIRFIELD - The man arrested for having a knife outside the hotel of
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama had local ties.
Davit Zakaryan, 24, of Cincinnati, was arrested Wednesday morning in
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Zakaryan, who is from Armenia, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor
unauthorized use of property in a Hamilton County court in 2005. In
November 2006, he received a traffic ticket and listed his address as
4670 Dixie Highway in Fairfield, which is the Econo Lodge, according
to the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts office.
Ottumwa Police Lt. Mike McDonough said Obama's security crew became
suspicious as Zakaryan paced outside his car Wednesday morning. They
thought his car looked familiar and may have been at another stop.
Police said an ornamental knife with a blade exceeding 8½ inches
was found in the car. The knife was easily within Zakaryan's reach,
and the local prosecutor determined it violated a state law banning
blades longer than 8 inches.
Zakaryan was arrested after authorities determined he did not have
a valid driver's license and the car was not registered to him,
McDonough said. Zakaryan never made a threat against Obama, police
said. A Cincinnati businessman said Zakaryan was in the area to sell
political novelties.
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Middletown Journal, OH
July 7 2007
Man had knife in his car when arrested at Barack Obama's Iowa hotel.
FAIRFIELD - The man arrested for having a knife outside the hotel of
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama had local ties.
Davit Zakaryan, 24, of Cincinnati, was arrested Wednesday morning in
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Zakaryan, who is from Armenia, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor
unauthorized use of property in a Hamilton County court in 2005. In
November 2006, he received a traffic ticket and listed his address as
4670 Dixie Highway in Fairfield, which is the Econo Lodge, according
to the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts office.
Ottumwa Police Lt. Mike McDonough said Obama's security crew became
suspicious as Zakaryan paced outside his car Wednesday morning. They
thought his car looked familiar and may have been at another stop.
Police said an ornamental knife with a blade exceeding 8½ inches
was found in the car. The knife was easily within Zakaryan's reach,
and the local prosecutor determined it violated a state law banning
blades longer than 8 inches.
Zakaryan was arrested after authorities determined he did not have
a valid driver's license and the car was not registered to him,
McDonough said. Zakaryan never made a threat against Obama, police
said. A Cincinnati businessman said Zakaryan was in the area to sell
political novelties.
--Boundary_(ID_sKPQHMX60CZ8fJIYyx7AEA) --