Man arrested on Bear Paws kidnapping charge

John Michael Merrill was arrested and charged as a suspect of the kidnapping incident last week where two people were beaten and abandoned near Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation.

Another suspect is at large. He has been identified as Matthew Joseph Saddler.

KRTV reported that May 6, the two people kidnapped were hitch-hiking on U.S. Highway 87 north of Roundup, where they were picked up by Saddler. Saddler offered a place for the hitch-hikers to stay at a home in Rocky Boy and when they arrived, Merrill followed and was introduced as Saddler’s brother.

The two allegedly forced the two hitchhikers...