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Man charged with assault after alleged kidnapping

Police say Joshua Geisinger held a woman against her will, strangled, and assaulted her in the basement of a home in Luzerne County.
Credit: WNEP

COURTDALE, Pa. — Police arrested a man in Luzerne County for an alleged kidnapping.

Police say Joshua Geisinger held a woman against her will, strangled, and assaulted her in the basement of a home in Courtdale last week.

The victim and witnesses told police Geisinger threatened to hurt them if they called the police.

The woman eventually escaped to a nearby store and called 911.

Geisinger is in the Luzerne County Prison.

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