CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – A Clarksville man jailed in Louisiana for kidnapping, raping and beating a woman is awaiting extradition back to Montgomery County.
Police have not released the identity of the victim who was kidnapped from Clarksville and taken to Slidell, Louisiana where she was able to get access to a phone and send a text message to her sister, giving police an electronic trail to the Louisiana hotel where she was being held.
34-year-old Lee Meadows of Clarksville, Tennessee, was arrested Saturday and charged with battery by strangulation, second-degree battery, false imprisonment and forcible rape. He is being held at the St. Tammany Parish Jail in Louisiana.
Slidell, Louisiana, police say when the attacker briefly left the room, the woman got a phone and sent a text to her sister indicating she was being held near New Orleans.
Police said Tennessee authorities were able to trace the text, leading officers to the hotel.
Meadows will not be extradited back to Tennessee, until Louisiana authorities are done with him. “From what I understand, his extradition will be contingent on a deal with the Clarksville Police Department and the District Attorney,” said Jamie Dexter with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. “Our agency would carry out the extradition.”