A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ABDUCT A KINGSPORT RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE IS BEHIND BARS. 41 YEAR OLD RONALD HUDSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. A FEMALE EMPLOYEE OF WAFFLE HOUSE ON WEST STONE DRIVE WAS ASSAULTED IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN HUDSON ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO FORCE HER INTO HIS VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED NEXT TO HERS. PATROLMAN MARTIN TAYLOR OBSERVED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND CHASED HUDSON A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE APPREHENDING HIM. HUDSON IS BEING HELD IN THE HAWKINS COUNTY JAIL. HE’S SET TO BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING. OFFICER TAYLOR WAS INJURED DURING THE CHASE, BUT CHARGES FOR THAT PORTION OF THE INCIDENT ARE PENDING AN INVESTIGATION.