BENTONVILLE -- Police have arrested a second person linked to a kidnapping earlier this month, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Heather Hull, 24, of 2640 E. 34th St in Joplin, Mo., was arrested Saturday in connection with kidnapping and theft of property. Hull was released after posting a $15,000 bond, according to Capt. John Hubbard.
Paul Ray Halligan told police he was kidnapped and beaten earlier this month in Bentonville, according to police records. He said Hull picked him up in Coffeyville, Kan. They drove to the Value Place Inn in Bentonville and picked up Tracy Ova, and the trio drove to a Confederate Regulators event in Manchester, Ky.
When they returned June 5 to the motel in Bentonville, Halligan told police the women left him in the room with Rick Shetters, Eric Edinger and Chris Castleman, according to the affidavit. The men worked with a traveling construction crew.
The men accused Halligan of stealing money and drugs from someone in Kentucky, and Castleman head-butted and choked him, according to the affidavit.
Halligan said Hull left the hotel with his cellphone and clothes.
Halligan said the men blindfolded him and drove him around before dumping him by a church.
Edinger, 18, of Estill Springs, Tenn., was arrested June 17 in connection with accomplice to kidnapping. Formal charges haven't been filed, and Edinger got out of the Benton County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
Gene Page, a spokesman with the Bentonville Police Department, said police are working with authorities in Franklin County, Tenn., to arrest other individuals.
NW News on 06/28/2016