Eudora, Arkansas: Police chief Michael Henderson Pitts busted for kidnapping & beating suspect

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Police chief took man to remote site, beat him and left him stranded, Arkansas cops say

An Arkansas police chief is facing a felony kidnapping charge. Eudora Police Chief Michael Henderson Pitts, 45, was arrested Jan. 30 and is accused of illegally detaining a man, beating him and leaving him stranded, according to a Jan. 31 Arkansas State Police press release. The alleged incident happened Oct. 26, when Pitts was dispatched to Scott’s Gas Station to remove a 49-year-old man who was reportedly causing a disturbance, according to an affidavit for arrest warrant. Pitts arrested the man on charges of criminal trespassing, public intoxication and terroristic threatening, but said he was unable to take him to ...

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