An Agra man has been charged with kidnapping and two other felonies following his arrest by Lincoln County authorities.
A felony charge of kidnapping and two other felony counts were formally filed in Lincoln County District Court on May 5 against Terry Lee Ludtke, 63.
The other two felony charges include possession of firearm after former felony conviction and abuse by caretaker.
Ludtke first appeared before Special Judge Emily Mueller on April 27 and she set his bond at $50,000 and ordered him to return on May 3 when she lowered his bond to $7,500. On May 5, she further ordered him to have no contact with the victim and scheduled a reappearance on May 11.
Count 1 against Ludtke accuses him on April 26 of kidnapping by forcibly seizing Mary Ludtke from 342296 East 770 Road in the Town of Agra in Lincoln County without lawful authority and with the intent to cause her to be confined/imprisoned against her will.
Count 2 charges him with possession of firearm after former felony conviction by on the same day having in his possession at the residence where he resides a Ruger .357 located upstairs in a bedroom, a Savage arms 12 gauge shotgun and a Marlin .22 rifle downstairs near the front door and a Connecticut Arms 12 gauge shotgun in a room with his driver’s license, after he had been convicted in Lincoln County District Court on Oct. 31, 2005 with possession of Substance with the intent to manufacture.
The abuse by caretaker count accuses Ludtke of neglecting Mary Ludtke, a person entrusted to the care of such caretaker or other person in a nursing facility or other setting, of causing, securing or permitting any of these acts to be done.
In a probable cause affidavit, Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff James Robinson said he first spoke to Tracy Spracklen who informed him she was awarded emergency guardianship of Mary Ludtke, who is her mother, on April 26 through a Lincoln County Court case.
She told Robinson that she went to her mom’s address on April 25 at just before 1:30 p.m. Her mom and Terry Ludtke, Mary’s son and Tracy’s brother, reside there, she told the deputy.
When Tracy told her brother Terry she had been awarded emergency guardianship, he told her something and put Mary into a vehicle and took off.