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Matthew Darnell, a Washington State man napped on video trying to pull a bikini-wearing barista into his pickup truck in January, got off with a slap-on-the-wrist sentence and is back behind the wheel.

King County prosecutors charge man in Jan. 16 incident at drive-thru window

The King County Prosecuting Attorneys’ Office on Thursday afternoon formally charged an Auburn man with second-degree attempted kidnapping , three days after he allegedly tried to yank a woman through the drive-thru window at Beankini Espresso in north Auburn where she was working early on Monday morning, Jan. 16.

The man Auburn Police arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly trying to yank a barista through the drive-thru window at Beankini Espresso in north Auburn early on Monday morning, Jan. 16, made his first appearance in Superior Court Wednesday afternoon.

38-year-old man held on $500,000 bail; could face attempted kidnapping charge with sexual motivation

The nine-second security video taken at 5.06 a.m. Monday showed the scary scene at the drive-thru Beankini Espresso - a female-owned coffee stand whose baristas serve in lingerie and bikinis.

Matthew Darnell, 38, of Auburn, Washington, appeared in court for the first time Wednesday, when a judge found probable cause to charge him with attempted kidnapping.

The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, was arrested at 11am on Tuesday, at his home in Auburn.

Here is the terrifying moment a female barista working the drive-thru is nearly abducted by a truck driving tattooed-man armed with zip ties early Monday morning in Washington State.