Topeka police said they arrested a man Thursday in connection with the abduction and rape of a woman reported to have been committed in August 2019 in south Topeka.
Paul Gavino Mendez, 44, was booked at 4:45 p.m. Thursday into the Shawnee County Jail, where he was being held on a $1 million bond Friday afternoon in connection with one count each of kidnapping, rape, aggravated burglary and aggravated criminal sodomy, according to jail records.
The victim, a 55-year-old woman who is acquainted with Mendez, reported the crimes were committed Aug. 18, 2019, in the 3700 block of S.W. Plaza Drive, said Gretchen Spiker, public relations specialist for the Topeka Police Department.