Man attacked woman and held her against her will in Willington: Police – NBC Connecticut

State police have arrested a 29-year-old Granby man accused of assaulting a family member and holding her against her will for hours.

State police said the investigation began just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday when someone called 911 and said a woman had been attacked and was being held at knifepoint.

Police responded and found the suspect in the passenger seat of a vehicle in a parking lot. They said they eventually arrested him and found no weapons on him, state police said.

The suspect told state police that he and the woman had been arguing, state police said, and he admitted to having a knife but said it was not on him.

While searching the vehicle, police found a knife with a six-inch blade in the car and took it for evidence.

Other state troopers met with the victim. According to state police, her face and hands suffered injuries and she was taken to a local hospital.

Police called this a family violence crime and said the victim told investigators the man lived in a tent in a wooded area in Willington and she visited him at the campground.

During an argument, he threatened to kill her and she tried to leave, but he forced her to the ground, punched her in the face and bound her wrists with rope, she told police.

According to state police, she eventually managed to convince him to remove the restraints.

In the hours that followed, the suspect threatened to kill the woman and held a knife to her throat several times, state police said.

Around 8 a.m. Wednesday, the woman persuaded the suspect to let her use the restroom at a nearby business and she drove there with him in the passenger seat.

When they arrived at the store, the man remained in the car while the woman went inside, where she contacted a family member who then called 911.

The suspect was charged with possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, second-degree breach of peace, third-degree assault, second-degree menacing, second-degree kidnapping and first-degree unlawful deprivation of liberty.