(WOLCOTTVILLE) – A suspect has been arrested in connection with holding and assaulting a person.

LaGrange County Sheriff's Office Detective Juan Arroyo says he and deputies were sent to Sturgis Hospital on April 14 for a 35 year old Sturgis woman with severe injuries on her body and the injuries were in different stages of healing.

The women told officers that she had been held captive for two weeks by a man before she was able to finally escape. While being held captive, the woman said the man struck her with his fists and a hammer, stabbed her with a knife and bit her all over her body multiple times.

Arroyo says after an investigation into the matter, a search warrant was approved by LaGrange Circuit Court. Based on the details shared by the victim and concern for officer safety, the LaGrange County Critical Response Team was activated to execute an arrest and search warrant at a residence, located at 209 North Main Street in Wolcottville.

Officers arrested 41 year old Foua Joseph Tofiga Jr. on charges of rape, criminal confinement, aggravated battery resulting in injury, strangulation and intimidation. He is being held in the LaGrange County Jail.

The matter is still under investigation.