FINNEY COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a suspect for an alleged violent crime in southwest Kansas.
Just after 3a.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to the north part of Garden City where offices observed a vehicle in the roadway. Officers made contact with the driver who told Officers that an occupant inside the vehicle had been kidnapped at knifepoint by someone known to them.
The investigation revealed that the victim was being driven home when the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Augustin Beronvil began following their vehicle.
Beronvil then confronted the vehicle at an intersection and pulled out a pocketknife. The victim ran from the vehicle, but Beronvil grabbed them from behind, forced them into his vehicle and drove off.
Officers quickly located Beronvil and the victim at his residence, and Beronvil was taken into custody on requested charges of Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Assault, and other violations.