Hutch Post

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Montgomery County man parole in April is in the Reno County Jail accused of aggravated kidnapping and rape.

Hutchinson Police Detective Tyson Myers said Stephen Joe Eastham, 35, is suspected of holding a Hutchinson woman against her will then forcing her into sex at a home in the 600 block of North Jefferson on May 3.

Myers said Eastham wasn’t arrested right away and the results of the investigation were sent to the District Attorney’s Office. They filed the formal charges and issued a warrant.

Eastham was picked up in Oklahoma on the Kansas warrant and was brought back to Reno County and booked into the jail on Tuesday.

Eastham also has a Department of Corrections warrant for absconding from parole for a Montgomery County case involving drugs.

He is expected to make an initial court appearance on Wednesday..