Welcome to Arrest Stories. A former contestant on NBC's The Voice was arrested in Oklahoma on a vehicular homicide warrant stemming from a crash in Tennessee. Here's what may have happened.
Thirty-eight-year-old Kata Huddleston, who performs under the stage name Kata Hay, was taken into custody by an Osage County Sheriff's deputy at a residence in Oklahoma. Huddleston had competed on The Voice in two thousand sixteen, advancing to the top twenty of the reality singing competition.
The arrest came after Goodlettsville Police Department issued a public alert seeking assistance in locating Huddleston. Police released her photograph on Facebook and requested information from citizens. Officials stated, "We have reason to believe that she may be enroute to Oklahoma and traveling with a white male and quite possibly towing a large camper."
The warrant for Huddleston's arrest relates to a motor vehicle crash that occurred on Long Hollow Pike near Interstate sixty-five in Tennessee. She currently faces outstanding warrants for vehicular homicide in connection with that incident. Police reports indicate Huddleston fled Tennessee following the crash.
According to the timeline, the vehicle crash incident occurred on December tenth. Six days later on December sixteenth, the Goodlettsville Police Department issued their bulletin seeking public assistance.
The search concluded quickly after the public appeal. An Osage County Sheriff's Office deputy arrested Huddleston the day after the alert was issued. One official explained, "There was a felony warrant issued for her arrest out of Tennessee, and we received information that she was in the Skiatook area, which is where she's from."
Following her arrest, Goodlettsville Police expressed gratitude for community assistance. Officials stated, "The Goodlettsville Police Department would like to thank the multitude of citizens who called in with tips as to the location of Ms. Huddleston. As a direct result, we are pleased to announce that she was arrested early this morning in Oklahoma where she will be extradited back to Davidson County."
Huddleston is currently being held at the Osage County Jail in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. She is scheduled to appear before a district court judge Monday to sign a waiver of extradition back to Tennessee.
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