A man has been charged with attempting to strike a Minnesota woman with his car after they had met for a first date.

The incident unfolded on Oct. 21 in Virginia, on Minnesota's Iron Range, with the victim telling police she had met Alexander Dennis Jr., 33, for the first time after they had been chatting on Facebook.

Dennis, who the complaint states is from Indiana but appears to be residing in Illinois at the time of his arrest, drove to the Iron Range to meet with the victim, and they initially had their date at Tommy's Rainy Lake Saloon in downtown Virginia.

It was there, the charges say, that Dennis "began to get upset." The woman told police that after the bar, the pair were supposed to go to her house, but she became concerned when Dennis drove past her house and went to a local

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