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A 38-year-old man has been charged with second-degree kidnapping after attempting to pull a barista through a drive-thru window in Auburn, Washington, according to King County prosecutors.
Matthew Darnell has been charged in the attempted kidnapping after the incident occurred on Monday at a Beankini Espresso location in Auburn, according to The Seattle Times.
Mr Darnell reportedly visited the coffee stand around 5am on Monday.
Surveillance video captured Mr Darnell attempting to put a zip tie over the barista's head as he tried to pull her through the window and into his pickup truck while she was handing him change, according to court documents reviewed by the paper.
The barista managed to slip out of his grip, close the window, and call police, according to the documents.
Police released the video and asked for the publicβs help identifying the man, noting a "Chevrolet" tattoo he had on his arm that was visible in the footage. They tracked his truck from the coffee stand using traffic surveillance videos and identified him using the tattoo on his arm.
In December 2020, Stanislav Reshetnyak, a Russian streamer who goes by the name Stas Reeflay made his girlfriend, Valentina Grigoryeva, stand outside on their balcony wearing only her underwear.
His reasoning for this was because participated in the "trash-streaming" trend that was hugely popular online in Russia at the time.
This is where the streamer is paid by viewers to inflict verbal or physical violence on someone.
But tragically during the stream, Valentina Grigoryeva died.
It was first reported that she died from being locked outside in subzero temperatures, but the autopsy determined a head injury was the cause of death.
Stas later admitted to βbeating herβ on the day in question, specifically hitting her on the head βseveral timesβ.
Stas was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six years in a Russian prison.