Man charged with kidnapping a Tri-Cities reporter for money. Police say he used a toy gun.

A 19-year-old man remains locked up on $500,000 bail one week after he allegedly went on a two-day violent crime spree in Kennewick.

Karlo D. Medina appeared Tuesday in Benton County Superior Court for charges involving the carjacking of a Tri-City TV reporter.

Medina also had a court hearing Friday on allegations he forced his way into a woman’s apartment a day before.

He now has two separate cases with a total of three felonies: first-degree burglary, attempted first-degree robbery and second-degree kidnapping.

On Aug. 26, a woman was at her North Kent Street home at 8 a.m. when she heard a knock at the door. She opened it to a man wearing a crimson and gray beanie under a hooded sweatshirt.

The stranger asked about people in a neighboring home and then pushed his way inside, court documents said.

The 21-year-old woman screamed as she was shoved to the ground, where the intruder started to assault her. He hit her on the arms, chest and head, documents said.

The man tried to close the door but the woman blocked it with her foot, reportedly causing injury to a toe. She continued to fight back, leading the suspect to run away.

The following morning, a female reporter with NBC’s KNDU-TV got back into her car after readying to cover the Kennewick teachers strike.

She was outside the Kennewick School District administration building at about 6 a.m.

That’s when a man got into the back seat of her car, pointed a gun near her head and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t start driving, court documents said.

The 22-year-old asked what he wanted, and the carjacker replied he was after money, documents said.

She drove just a few feet when the man told her to stop and “became upset about the possibility of (the reporter) calling the police.”

He got out of the car and ran toward an apartment complex. A police dog tracked the man to a specific apartment, investigators got a search warrant and, after a short standoff, arrested Medina.

A witness told detectives Medina said “he had cracked a news reporter and needed to hide a toy gun,” court documents said.

A search of the apartment turned up a gray and crimson Washington State University beanie matching the description of the one worn by the burglary suspect. They also found a toy gun.