Two men being held on $200,000 bond on charges of aggravated kidnapping, robbery and burglary

A 19-year-old man is being held on $200,000 bond for charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and possession of a gun by a convicted felon for an incident that occurred in June, according to court records.

Alex Caprice Sanders, who was arrested Thursday night in Topeka, made his first appearance Friday in Douglas County District Court.

A court spokeswoman acknowledged a second man was also allegedly involved and has been in jail for five months.

Deshane Keonte Rayton, 21, faces the same charges as Sanders and is also being held on $200,000 bond.

The charges stem from a June 30 incident in the 2400 block of Alabama Street, when Sanders and another man “inflicted bodily harm upon” a female, according to documents officially charging the men.

The men were allegedly armed with guns and took a cellphone and drugs from the victim, the court record said.

Authorities refused to release any other information about the incident. The probable cause affidavits supporting the men’s arrests also were not available.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office declined to release a picture of Sanders, saying “the record requested is not required to be disclosed under the Kansas Open Records Act.”

Sanders has faced legal issues before, according to news stories.

In June 2014, he was arrested following two shooting incidents.

The first occurred late at night outside Shots, 1008 Massachusetts St., when two groups of people, allegedly rival gang members, fought and one of the individuals was threatened with a gun.

After the bar closed, several people went to The Grove apartments, where witnesses reported several gunshots fired and one person was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.

Sanders was arrested in connection with both incidents and charged with aggravated battery, police said.

But that charge was dropped when the only witness claimed to have no memory of the events of the case or even discussing the case with police.

On Friday, at Sanders’ first appearance in court in front of Douglas County District Court Judge James T. George, Sanders said he was living in Topeka and had a job and asked the judge to reduce his bond.

“(The bond) is unreasonable,” Sanders said. “I feel like you are saying I’m guilty before I even have my trial.”

The judge said the bond would stand until Sanders’ court appearance next week.