Man charged with kidnapping son, stealing

ODESSA — A Ritzville man is being held in the Lincoln County Jail on $45,000 bail after allegedly kidnapping his son.

Nicholas Dale Kuest, 26, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping-domestic violence and theft of a firearm in a custodial interference case.

He is accused of allegedly taking his 1-year-old son from the Tri-Cities to his father’s house on East Weber Road southeast of town and south of Lamont and stealing a gun stored in the home.

Kuest entered a not-guilty plea during a June 6 arraignment in Lincoln County Superior Court.

Kuest was originally arrested by Ellensburg police...