ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference Monday to provide an update regarding the status of Andrew Isaac Griffin, who was recently arrested for the double homicide of Tom and Angela Strussion in 2021.

Both Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack and former sheriff Dave Lucas, who retired at the end of December, spoke briefly at the press conference.

Zusack said that Griffin, of Oklahoma, was arrested in Hawaii on Feb. 18 by the Hawaii Police Department in cooperation with Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Chief Detective Ryan Allar and Detective Sgt. Jordan Bluling on an extradition warrant. He added that on Feb. 28, Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan presented the case against Griffin to a Belmont County grand jury, which returned an indictment charging Griffin with “various counts” of aggravated murder.

Griffin was scheduled for an extradition hearing in Hilo, Hawaii, on Friday.

According to the Honolulu Star Advertiser “Hilo Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto’s order gives Belmont County, Ohio, authorities 30 days to take custody of Andrew Isaac Griffin and return him to face charges he killed Thomas Strussion, 51, and Angela Strussion, 49.”