KIDNAPPING update VS/S.S.

A SALINAS WOMAN SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES FROM A BEATING TUESDAY NIGHT, AFTER SHE WAS KIDNAPPED AND ASSAULTED BY A RELATIVE. THE VICTIM WAS ALREADY FEELING ILL WHEN SHE GOT IN HER CAR TO DRIVE HERSELF TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT VICTOR PENA PUSHED HER OUT OF THE DRIVER?S SEAT, PRODUCED A KNIFE, AND THREATENED TO KILL HER. HE THEN GRABBED HER HAIR AND RAMMED HER HEAD INTO THE DASHBOARD. DUE TO ERRATIC DRIVING, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND LANDED IT IN A DITCH. ALTHOUGH PENA INITIALLY RAN OFF, HE WAS LATER ARRESTED (WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT). PENA WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING, MAKING THREATS, AND FELONY ASSAULT.