Woman Shoved Into Car Trunk And Held In Ingersoll Houses By Boyfriend, Police Say

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A man who shoved his girlfriend into the trunk of his car, drove her from Long Island to Brooklyn, then kept her tied up in his home for hours has been charged with kidnapping, police said.

Arturo Gurley, 20, lured his 19-year-old girlfriend out of her car in Elmont, New York on Wednesday around 12:30 a.m., Nassau police said.

Gurley pushed the terrified woman into the trunk of his own car, but not before grabbing her cellphone and keys, according to police.

Gurley’s girlfriend spent the next 45 minutes curled up in the trunk as he sped toward downtown Brooklyn, police said

Gurley stopped the car near Navy and Fleet walks, pulled his girlfriend out of the trunk and dragged her into the Ingersoll Houses, said police.

Once inside his apartment, Gurley shoved a sock in his girlfriend's mouth and sealed her lips shut with duct tape, said police.

She sat there for about five hours before Gurley let her go, said police.

The woman rushed home and called the police, who arrested Gurley in his home around 1:50 a.m. Friday, police said.

Gurley has been charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, obstruction of breathing, and unauthorized use of a vehicle, said police.

Gurley is expected to be arraigned in a Hempstead, Long Island court on Friday.

This story was co-written by Alex Costello and originally appeared on the Malverne Patch.

Photo courtesy of the Nassau County Police Department