Kidnapping and assault arrest in Walhalla

A 59-year-old Walhalla woman, Beverly Dianna Webb, has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and assault and battery third degree.  An officer responding to the report of an assault at a Harrison Avenue home June 15 quoted Webb’s mother as saying her daughter struck her with a cane and, over a period of a few days, kept her confined to the home and would not allow her to talk on the phone.  The officer further quoted the mother as saying that at one point last Saturday afternoon the mother tried to go next door to call the police.