Police say a jealous husband abducted his wife from a HACC classroom Wednesday night, causing a campus wide lockdown.
Officials say, he assaulted the woman several times before the victim jumped out of a car near Harrisburg's Dock Street Dam.
This is the second time, in recent months, that a student at the Wildwood Campus of HACC was taken at force and driven away from the campus.
Around 7:00 Wednesday night, police received word of a domestic incident, in a classroom in the arts building. The campus was locked down and cars leaving the campus, were searched while City police and HACC security searched the grounds.
Police say, Julian Amway, 33, of suburban Harrisburg, was checking on his wife because he believed she wasn't attending class. Police say for unknown reasons, he became enraged, claimed to have a gun and took the victim out of class.
According to police, Amway drove his wife around Harrisburg, repeatedly berating and beating her and threatening to kill her. He then told her to drive.
Officials say she took off at a high rate of speed toward the Dock Street Dam, stopped and ran from the vehicle.
Amway caught up to her on foot as police arrived and took him into custody.
Police say he was not armed when they arrested him.
In response to the incident, HACC says the incident is unfortunate. Ian Parchen, Assistant Director of Public Safety at HACC says they have security in place to keep students safe. "We strive to have our students feel safe when they are here. We do put measures in place so they can feel safe. We have 24 hour escort services from building to building. We go to continuous training to better ourselves and this is just one of those instances that we were not there to stop it."
Amway was charged with kidnapping, simple assault, terroristic threats and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken to Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Officials say, he assaulted the woman several times before the victim jumped out of a car near Harrisburg's Dock Street Dam.
This is the second time, in recent months, that a student at the Wildwood Campus of HACC was taken at force and driven away from the campus.
Around 7:00 Wednesday night, police received word of a domestic incident, in a classroom in the arts building. The campus was locked down and cars leaving the campus, were searched while City police and HACC security searched the grounds.
Police say, Julian Amway, 33, of suburban Harrisburg, was checking on his wife because he believed she wasn't attending class. Police say for unknown reasons, he became enraged, claimed to have a gun and took the victim out of class.
According to police, Amway drove his wife around Harrisburg, repeatedly berating and beating her and threatening to kill her. He then told her to drive.
Officials say she took off at a high rate of speed toward the Dock Street Dam, stopped and ran from the vehicle.
Amway caught up to her on foot as police arrived and took him into custody.
Police say he was not armed when they arrested him.
In response to the incident, HACC says the incident is unfortunate. Ian Parchen, Assistant Director of Public Safety at HACC says they have security in place to keep students safe. "We strive to have our students feel safe when they are here. We do put measures in place so they can feel safe. We have 24 hour escort services from building to building. We go to continuous training to better ourselves and this is just one of those instances that we were not there to stop it."
Amway was charged with kidnapping, simple assault, terroristic threats and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken to Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail.