TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. -- A Lafayette man is facing several preliminary charges after police say he attempted to kidnap a woman and her four young sons while giving them an Uber ride over the weekend.

According to the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called on Aug. 10 around 2:55 p.m. to the 3900 block of North River Road in West Lafayette.

Deputies spoke with a 30-year-old woman who explained that she requested an Uber ride to be dropped off at the Tippecanoe County Amphitheater Park. She said an Uber driver, who police identified as 36-year-old Vernio Geneus, picked her and her sons up on Park East Boulevard.

While they were traveling on North River Road, the woman said Geneus allegedly pulled into Tecumseh Trail Park. She recalled telling him that it was not her sel

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