MANHATTAN – A Kansas man made his first court appearance on Tuesday in Riley County in connection with an alleged attempted abduction.

Sergio Guerra, 38, of Wichita, spoke to the judge via a video connection.

He was arrested following an incident on March 24 where he allegedly attempted to abduct a 19-year-old woman.

She sustained significant non-life threatening injuries after being dragged by her vehicle for approximately 800 feet while attempting to flee an attacker, according to a police report.

Officers found that an unknown Hispanic male approached the woman while she attempted to start her car in the 500 block of Richards Drive in Manhattan.

The suspect entered her vehicle and attempted to drive off with her inside. She attempted to escape, however, was unable to completely exit through the passenger side door and fell to the ground while a portion of her body was still inside. The suspect fled the scene and law enforcement later recovered the vehicle.

On March 26, detectives with the Riley County Police Department Investigations Division identified the suspect and with the assistance of the Wichita Police Department were able to locate and arrest Guerra.

He is being held for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and aggravated battery on a bond of $500,000.00