A Wichita man was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison on Monday for what Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson referred to as the “most egregious aggravated kidnapping case” he has worked during 27 years with the county.
Sergio Guerra, now 39, will be serving 653 months – or 54.4 years – for stealing a vehicle and dragging its owner more than 800 feet in March 2016.
Guerra was found guilty on April 21 of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery. A jury found Guerra not guilty on one count of attempted rape.
He approached a car being started by its owner on March 25, 2016, and entered the vehicle. Guerra drove off with the owner inside.
During an escape attempt, the victim was drug through the parking lot of a ShopQuick at 500 Richards Drive and onto Fort Riley Boulevard before two Fort Riley men cut Guerra off and came to the victim’s aid. Guerra fled the scene. Wichita police apprehended him a few days later.
On Monday afternoon, the victim addressed Judge Meryl Wilson, describing the significant injuries she received that evening. Aside from taking nine months to recover from the physical trauma of the altercation, the woman described the emotional distress she has lived with ever since that evening.
“My scars aren’t temporary – they’re forever,” she said. “It’s not my fault, I didn’t ask for this.”
Guerra allegedly made sexual remarks to the woman during a brief exchange earlier in the evening.
Wilkerson told the court there was overwhelming evidence proving Guerra’s guilt. Multiple witnesses to the crime identified Guerra, and the defendant’s tennis shoe was found at the scene of the crime.
Wilkerson said Guerra would have drug the victim to her death had he not been stopped.
“I can’t even imagine the depravity, I wouldn’t even do this to an animal,” Wilkerson said. “It’s incomprehensible.”
Guerra will serve 653 months for aggravated kidnapping and 61 months for aggravated robbery. There will be no chance for parole.
