EASLEY — A man was captured in North Carolina Sunday night after police claim he abducted a woman at gunpoint from a store near Dacusville and sexually assaulted her.

Antwon Marcees Rogers, 28, whose address is listed on warrants as 200 Eunice Drive, Apartment M4, in Greenville, was arrested by officers of the Hendersonville (N.C.) Police Department at a motel in the area at around 9 p.m. Sunday, less than 24 hours after the alleged incident.

According to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Creed Hashe, a woman was abducted at gunpoint from the parking lot of the Dollar General store at 3711 Farrs Bridge Road in the early-morning hours of Sunday.

Hashe said the woman was sexually assaulted in her vehicle before being forced into the trunk of the car, driven to Greenville County, forced to have sex at gunpoint again and left on the side of the road.

Greenville County authorities alerted the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office at about 6 a.m. that the woman was being treated at a local hospital and provided information detailing the initial assault.

Hashe said the sheriff’s offices from both counties worked together throughout the day on Sunday and into the early-morning hours of Monday to gather information and collect evidence which ultimately identified Rogers as the suspect in the case.

Rogers was being held Tuesday at the Henderson County (N.C.) Detention Center on a fugitive from justice charge.
In Pickens County, Rogers is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, grand larceny, kidnapping, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Hashe said Rogers is expected to face several charges in Greenville County as well upon his extradition to South Carolina.