The Buffalo County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) has made multiple arrests in crime that involved multiple felony offenses, including burglary and kidnapping.
According to BCSO, at approximately 2:23 a.m., on November 3, dispatchers received a 911 report of a disturbance at 450 Main St, in Odessa.
Authorities say a 61-year-old male reported that armed men had entered his residence and got into an altercation with him. The men then departed the residence traveling eastbound on Highway 30.
Upon arrival, deputies contacted the homeowner, and an acquaintance, a 28-year-old female.
The female reported that while at her residence in northeast Kearney, three masked men, armed with handguns, forced entry and confronted her and a 43-year-old male about a debt she owed.
The female told deputies she departed her residence with the men to go get money to pay the debt. She said they traveled to Odessa, where they gained entry into the residence at 450 Main St.
The woman told deputies that, when confronted by the resident, the three men departed.
A short time later, a BCSO deputy located a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle in west Kearney, and with the assistance of officers of the Kearney Police Department and University of Nebraska at Kearney Police initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle, and contacted three men.
BCSO says following the traffic stop, all three men were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, burglary, trespassing, terroristic threats, use of a firearm to commit a felony, possession of stolen firearms, possession of a concealed firearm and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
The men arrested were identified as Ashton B Holland, 28, of Austin, Texas, Randy L Judd, 21, of Kearney and Billy J. Fletcher, 34, of Holdrege.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with any information concerning this case is encouraged to contact the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office at 308-236-8555 or Buffalo County Crime Stoppers at 308-237-3424.