Heuermann, living just across South Oyster Bay from where the bodies of 11 victims were discovered, was detained late on Thursday in Massapequa, disclosed an unnamed law enforcement source.
Multiple left-wing outlets have criticized the new film shedding light on the realities of human trafficking as a "QAnon-adjacent" and "fit for QAnon" movie.
In an interview with The Daily Signal, "Sound of Freedom" stars Jim Caviezel and Eduardo Verástegui urged viewers of the film to take action against human trafficking.
"Convenient smokescreen for today’s House Ways & Means release of IRS whistleblower testimony of DOJ sabotage of the Hunter Biden investigation," one journalist tweeted.
AMC Theaters canceled the premiere of the film “No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care" after a transgender activist group protested against the film.