Letterman’s son target of kidnap plot?
Montana authorities have arrested a man on allegations he was plotting to kidnap David Letterman’s young son and nanny from the home on the 2,700-acre Montana ranch that the talk-show host bought in 1999.
Sally Hilander, a spokeswoman for the Montana Department of Corrections, identified the suspect -- who was under state supervision for a previous crime -- as Kelly A. Frank.
The plot was uncovered when someone whom Frank had approached about the plan informed local police, Hilander said. Frank was in custody on a felony charge of solicitation.
Steven Rubenstein, a spokesman for Letterman’s production company World Wide Pants, said he could not immediately comment or say whether Letterman or his family was in Montana at the time of Frank’s arrest.
Mike Ferriter of the state Department of Corrections said Frank, 43, was arrested Sunday and arraigned Thursday. He had been working as a painter at Letterman’s ranch west of Choteau in north-central Montana, Ferriter said.
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