YOUNGSTOWN Jack Sheetz, the suspect charged in connection with an alleged rape and kidnapping that took place in Canfield in 2000, was transferred to the Mahoning County Jail early today to face those charges.

Sheetz, 57, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Akron last week and was initially held at the Summit County Jail. The transfer now places him in Mahoning County to answer the indictment issued by the Mahoning County Grand Jury.

The Mahoning County Court Grand Jury indicted Sheetz on three felony counts: one count of rape and two counts of kidnapping.

Sheetz is the long-sought-after suspect in the assault, which involved a rape and baseball bat attack on a 30-year-old woman outside business offices on North Broad Street in November 2000.

The Special Prosecutions Section of the Attorney General’s Office will handle the case, which was initially investigated by the Canfield Police Department.

Sheetz's arrest came shortly after he was released on parole from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction on September 10. According to state records, he had been serving a nine-year sentence stemming from a 2018 conviction for aggravated burglary, rape, and aggravated robbery committed in Trumbull County.

No date has been set at this time for Sheetz to appear in court in Mahoning County.