MERRIAM, Kan. (AP) — A 24-year-old Olathe man is charged with trying to kidnap a woman from an eastern Kansas business. The Kansas City Star reports that Johnson County prosecutors have charged Brandon Lee McReynolds with a felony count of attempted kidnapping. He appeared in court Thursday and requested a public defender. McReynolds was arrested Tuesday after police released surveillance camera images to the public from the Monday incident at a Merriam business. Merriam police say the woman was working when McReynolds came in to inquire about a job. They say McReynolds then demanded several times that she leave with him. Authorities say McReynolds fled after hearing approaching footsteps. The woman wasn't physically injured.
