HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A preliminary hearing could be set Wednesday for a 20-year-old man arrested in the beating and rape of his girlfriend.

 

Victor Pedraza is charged with two counts of rape, kidnapping, arson, battery-domestic violence, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal damage.

Pedraza, a former Hutchinson Community College student from Texas, is suspected of beating and raping a foreign exchange student who also attended HCC. The two were staying with each other and had issues in the past.

Pedraza is being held on a bond of $270,000.