A 34-year-old Scandia man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly attempting to kidnap a woman last week in Willernie.
According to the Washington County Attorney’s Office, Michael Grant Harker, 34, of Scandia, was driving a van on Wildwood Road in Willernie around 8:30 p.m. April 20. Harker allegedly drove his van slowly and passed several times by a woman who was standing near the road. He allegedly parked the van nearby, walked to the woman and grabbed her by the hair, punching her in the head and attempting to get her back to his van and in a side door. A third person was nearby and heard the woman screaming; upon the third person’s approach, the woman was able to escape, and Harker allegedly fled the scene in his van (the entire incident was reportedly captured by the security camera of a nearby business, which has not yet been publicly
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