AKRON, Ohio — Police say a man forced his former girlfriend into a car and then attacked and attempted to choke her while driving around the city, eventually running over her foot when she managed to escape.

The suspect, Justin Horton, 25, of Akron, is being held in the Summit County Jail after he was arrested Sunday at an apartment in the Ellet neighborhood.

According to police, officers were called to the 500 block of South Rhodes Avenue just west of downtown at about 3 p.m. Sunday and met the victim, a 24-year-old woman.

The victim tells police that Horton came to her house to retrieve some items when they got into argument outside the house. She says Horton pulled her into his vehicle.

He then punched her in the face and head, and attempted to strangle her “several times” while driving around West Akron, police say. Horton is accused of threatening to kill the victim as she tried to get out of the vehicle.

Police say she got out of the car near the intersection of Edgewood Avenue and Vernon Odom Boulevard, but Horton drove over her foot as she exited.

The victim was treated at Akron City Hospital with injuries to her neck, right elbow and right foot, police say.

Horton is charged with abduction, unlawful restraint, menacing, felonious assault, and kidnapping.

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