Preliminary hearings are planned for Thursday afternoon for two women accused of kidnapping after an alleged hit-and-run incident earlier this summer.
Analysa Tamez and Mariah Lopez are set for officially separate hearings at 2:30 pm in Lyon County District Court. Emporia Police have said Tamez was driving an SUV southbound on East when she collided with 26-year-old cyclist Christian Jenkins, who was eastbound on Ninth during the late evening hours Aug. 2. Tamez and Lopez then allegedly put Jenkins in the back of their SUV and drove around town for roughly 30 minutes before letting Jenkins out near her home.
Lopez was officially charged with single charges of kidnapping, criminal restraint, witness or victim intimidation by preventing the reporting of victimization, operating a vehicle without a valid license and marijuana possession. Tamez has been charged with single charges of aggravated battery, failure to stop at an accident resulting in great bodily harm, kidnapping, criminal restraint, witness or victim intimidation, operating a vehicle without a valid license and marijuana possession.
