A second suspect arrested in Colonel Tom’s arson case

20-year-old Kendall Luke Kidwell of Pearson Circle in Dadeville was arrested Sunday in connection with an early morning burglary and fire at Colonel Tom’s Tavern on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department investigators have made a second arrest for arson in a fire that gutted a Dadeville area nightclub last month.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett announced Monday that 20-year-old Kendall Luke Kidwell of Pearson Circle in Dadeville was arrested Sunday in connection with an early morning burglary and fire at Colonel Tom’s Tavern on Wednesday, Dec. 14.