MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 24-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday morning after deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office say he forced his girlfriend into the trunk of her car during a domestic dispute, drove with her inside, and later struck her.
Miami-Dade deputies said Tillman and the victim are in a relationship and had previously lived together. They do not share any children.
Deputies said the incident began just before 1 a.m. after the couple got into an argument over “personal matters” at a home in the 7000 block of Northwest 177th Street in the county’s Palm Springs North area.
They said the argument escalated when Tillman grabbed the woman, placed her inside the trunk of her vehicle, and secured it before driving away with her still inside.
The report states that Tillman later parked the vehicle nearby, opened the trunk, and the victim attempted to escape.
Deputies said he then struck her multiple times in the face and body near the trunk area and the passenger side of the vehicle.
They said the couple later got back into the vehicle and fled eastbound on Northwest 177th Street before MDSO conducted a traffic stop at Northwest 179th Street and Northwest 68th Avenue.
Deputies said they took Tillman into custody at that location.
A security guard who works in the complex where the incident occurred contacted deputies and provided video footage that investigators said showed the victim exiting the trunk and being struck multiple times by Tillman.
After being advised of his Miranda rights, Tillman told investigators that an argument occurred and that the victim struck him first, according to the report.
The report states that Tillman also said the victim claimed that she did not want to be around him and “would rather be inside of the trunk and not in his vicinity.”
Investigators said he then admitted to placing her in the trunk, driving with her inside and striking her.
The victim was not visibly injured and declined medical treatment from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, according to authorities.
Jail records show Tillman is facing charges of kidnapping and battery.
As of Wednesday morning, he was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Records show Tillman was previously arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a firearm, improper exhibition of a firearm or weapon and resisting an officer without violence to his person in an unrelated case.
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