By Associated Press - Wednesday, September 11, 2019

BANKS, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a Hillsboro, Oregon, man has been arrested after hiding inside a woman’s car for hours and forcing her back inside when she tried to escape.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that 43-year-old Lawrence Alan Roland was jailed on suspicion of first-degree kidnapping and menacing. He remains in custody.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said deputies serving the small city of Banks responded Tuesday morning to reports of a man trying to force a woman inside a car.

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The woman told deputies the suspect had been hiding in her car for hours and didn’t make himself known to her until after she dropped her child at school.

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