A Coralville man was arrested after allegedly hitting a woman seven times with a metal pipe and holding her against her will, according to the Coralville police.

Wallace Galbreath, 52, was charged Sept. 3 with willful injury causing bodily injury, a Class C felony, and false imprisonment, a serious misdemeanor.

He was being held at the Johnson County jail on $17,500 cash-only bond.

The incident started when the victim told Galbreath she would not have sex with him and tried to walk out of his home. Galbreath allegedly grabbed the woman by the hair and began to hit her with a metal pipe on the thighs, hip and shin.

Police reports allege that Galbreath also pinned the woman in a chair and prevented her from leaving.

— by Danny Valentine