Couple arrested for alleged Edmond molestations

(Edmond-AP) -- Police say an Edmond couple has been arrested on additional molestation complaints. <br><br>Forty-nine-year-old Jimmy Wayne Bidwell and his wife, 42-year-old Linda Bidwell, were arrested

Thursday, May 4th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Edmond-AP) -- Police say an Edmond couple has been arrested on additional molestation complaints.

Forty-nine-year-old Jimmy Wayne Bidwell and his wife, 42-year-old Linda Bidwell, were arrested by U-S Marshals.

The arrests concerns the alleged molestation of a 12-year-old girl.

Jimmy Bidwell was arrested on a complaint of forcible oral sodomy. He's being held on $100,000 bail in the Oklahoma County jail. Bidwell is also wanted by Logan County for complaints of first-degree rape and two counts of oral sodomy.

Linda Bidwell was arrested on a complaint of permitting sexual abuse to occur.

The Bidwells were jailed by Guthrie police originally in early April. Police say a 12-year-old girl told them she had been engaging in sexual relations with Jimmy Bidwell for 18 months.