Police say Iowa City man assaulted woman who had given him ride

SWISHER - An Iowa City man faces charges after allegedly assaulting a woman who gave him and his friend a ride.

According to Johnson County Sheriff's Office criminal complaints, around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, the victim agreed to give 21-year-old Shatani D. Buck and his friend a ride as far as Swisher from Cedar Rapids. However, police said then they got to the Swisher exit, Buck and his friend pushed the woman out of the driver's seat and into the back seat of the vehicle.

Police said Buck grabbed the woman's wrists, squeezed them and pushed her. Buck allegedly told the woman she would either get in the back seat of the vehicle or they would leave her there. When the woman still refused to get in the car, Buck forced her into the vehicle.

The woman suffered pain and suffered a scratch when she hit the ground.

Buck was arrested and faces charges of false imprisonment, a serious misdemeanor; and simple assault.