FINNEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating a suspect for alleged assault and kidnapping.

Just after 10 a.m., on Sunday, Finney County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 2401 W. Kansas Ave. #321 in reference to a woman that was bleeding and was the possible victim of a battery, according to a media release.

Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at VFW and W. Kansas Avenue that had been identified as a possible suspect vehicle in the battery.

Deputies made contact with the driver 26-year-old Francisco Moreno, and discovered that a 26-year-old female passenger was approx. 7 months pregnant and had severe injuries.

EMS transported the female victim to St. Catherine’s Hospital. She was later air lifted to a hospital in Wichita for further treatment of her injuries.

Deputies arrested Moreno on probable cause charges of Aggravated Battery, Aggravated Kidnapping, and Aggravated Endangering a Child.

It is alleged that the Moreno forced the victim into his car earlier in the morning at a location in the area of 2401 W. Kansas and battered her inside and outside of the vehicle as they drove around Finney County.