told investigators she had arrived at the hotel to meet Boyer (who had rented the room) but found Tilton waiting for her. Tilton had climbed out the back window and escaped. A police officer knocked on the door of the room, and S.T., bloody and injured, opened the door and ran out of the room. on July 19, 2020, to report that a woman was being choked and dragged into a room. Today’s federal criminal complaint alleges that Tilton and Boyer kidnapped the victim, identified in court documents as “S.T.,” on July 19, 2020.Īccording to an affidavit filed in support of the federal criminal complaint, an employee at Boonslick Lodge in Neosho, Missouri, called police at approximately 11:50 p.m. He remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing, which has not yet been scheduled. Tilton has an initial court appearance on Wednesday, July 29. Officers responded with tear gas and there were no injuries. He was taken into custody after shooting at Newton County Sheriff’s deputies who were executing a state search warrant in an unrelated case.
Tilton was arrested at a Joplin residence today. – Two men were charged in federal court today for kidnapping a woman who was rescued from her attackers at a Neosho, Missouri, hotel room.įreddie Lewis Tilton, 47, of Joplin, Missouri, and Alvin Dale Boyer, 35, of Rogers, Arkansas, were charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S.
