A man jumped out of a truck and tried to drag a woman into his vehicle outside a Golden Valley neurology clinic, pepper-spraying a second woman as bystanders rushed to help, according to charges.

Todd Alan Smith, 63, of Cokato, faces a charge of attempted kidnapping for trying to remove the woman from the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology parking lot without her consent.

According to the complaint, officers responded to the clinic on August 17, 2026, after multiple witnesses reported a commotion in the parking lot. Several people told police they saw two men attack a group of three women, with the women yelling for help and witnesses calling 911.