Professional bowler Brandon Novak was arrested while bowling in the 2024 U.S. Open Bowling tournament.
Brandon Novak, a 35-year-old professional bowler, was apprehended by U.S. Marshals during the 2024 U.S. Open Bowling Tournament held at the Royal Pin Woodland in Indianapolis on Feb. 1st.
Novak was wanted due to an outstanding arrest warrant issued in Ross County, the jurisdiction encompassing his hometown, Chillicothe in Ohio.
Cindy Schumaker, the assistant prosecuting attorney for Ross County, disclosed that Novak was charged under seal as part of a secret indictment.
The specifics of the charges against Novak will only be disclosed upon his extradition to Chillicothe; but reporter Jeff Richgels reported there is evidence Novak’s arrest is connected to a child pornography case.
https://t.co/cUKcL2tHYB – Police report details evidence in child porn case against Brandon Novak; no time frame for revealing charges, authorities say https://t.co/u8qYzBCit6
— Jeff Richgels (@JeffRichgels) February 7, 2024
Per CBS:
Professional bowler Brandon Novak, 35, was arrested during the 2024 U.S. Open Bowling Tournament at the Royal Pin Woodland in Indianapolis on Feb. 1. Novak was in the middle of playing when U.S. Marshals arrested him and booked him in Indiana’s Marion County jail, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Novak, a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, had an active arrest warrant out in Ross County, where Chillicothe is located. The assistant prosecuting attorney for Ross County, Cindy Schumaker, said that Novak has been charged as part of a secret indictment. The charges will not be revealed until Novak is extradited to Chillicothe, but there is no timeline on when that will happen.
When authorities took Novak into custody on Thursday, he was in the seventh frame of his second game of the tournament. Video from The 11th Frame’s YouTube page appears to show the moment Novak was arrested. Novak is out of frame, but several other bowlers turn their heads toward his lane during the action.
Since the announcement of his arrest, the PBA has scrubbed Novak’s profile.
LOOK:
Bizarre: The PBA Scrubs Brandon Novak’s Profile After he Was charged In A Secret Indictment.
No Charges have been publicly announced at the moment pic.twitter.com/jdRKev7vvK
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) February 7, 2024