A 22-year-old Kennewick man has a nationwide extraditable warrant out for his arrest after he assaulted and kidnapped his girlfriend, set some of her clothes on fire, and then took off with their 3-year-old after being confronted by a concerned bystander.
On April 1 at about 6:30 p.m., Kennewick Police officers responded to a report of a disturbance in the 100 block of S. Conway Street in Kennewick. When officers arrived, a 21-year-old woman alleged that her boyfriend, later identified as 22-year-old David Mendoza-Ayala, had been assaulting her throughout the day.
The victim said that Mendoza-Ayala had forced her into a vehicle against her will and drove her around the Tri-Cities before returning to the house, where Mendoza-Ayala allegedly lit several of the victim's clothes on fire before trying to force the victim into the vehicle again.