Kansas Man Accused of Beating, Kidnapping Woman He Met on Tinder

Shane Steven Allen accused the woman of flirting with one of his friends

A 30-year-old man faces five felony charges that accuse him of beating a University of Kansas woman he met on Tinder and holding her captive for five days, NBC News reported.

Shane Steven Allen is in custody at the Douglas County Jail on $100,000 pending a June 24 hearing on one count of kidnapping and four counts of aggravated battery, according to jail records and the county district attorney’s office. 

Allen kidnapped the 20-year-old woman on April 12, according to the charges. That night, he accused the woman of flirting with one of his friends and punched her in the eye, knocked her to the ground and beat her, the arrest affidavit said. 

Allen would not let the woman go home and returned her to her sorority on April 18, according to police.

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