Clarkston man allegedly beat woman over $20

COLTON — A woman said she was kidnapped and beaten because she wouldn’t give a Clarkston man $20.

A landowner called the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office on May 30 when he found a vehicle parked with a man and a woman passed out inside at around 11:30 p.m. It was on his property near the Wawawai County Park, which is on the Snake River, northwest of Colton.

Deputies arrived, found the vehicle, and spoke to the people in the vehicle.

“After speaking with the female, she said she had been kidnapped and brought to the current location the night before,” stated Sgt. Dan Brown, of the Whitman County...