NJ College Student Abducted From Campus, Sexually Assaulted By Armed Man, Police Say

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — A Union County man is facing a slew of charges after kidnapping a woman, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

Akram Elsayed, 28, of Roselle, has been arrested after an investigation found that he’d kidnapped a woman and handcuffed her to the door of a car, police said.

On Dec. 5, around 2:30 p.m., the parents of the woman called the Bayonne Police Department when she did not pick her kids up from school and wouldn’t answer her phone.

Police found the woman’s car and phone in a parking lot at the County College of Morris in Randolph. Review of the school’s security footage saw the victim walking to her car and being approached by Elsayed, police said. It later showed Elsayed’s car pulling out of the parking lot, with the woman’s car unoccupied sitting in the same spot.

At around 9:45 p.m. that night, police received a tip that Elsayed was in Andover Township. Police found Elsayed and arrested him after a chase ensued, officials said.

Police found the victim handcuffed to the passenger side door, as well as a black Highpoint Model #C9 handgun on the ground near the open driver’s side door, police said.

The woman was taken to a nearby hospital to be evaluated. Details of her injuries were not released by prosecutors.

Elsayed faces dozens of charges, including kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, carjacking, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, and many more. He was taken to the Morris County Correctional Facility to await court proceedings.

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