RUFFIN, N.C. – Rockingham County Sheriff’s investigators have arrested 41-year-old Dwight Jerome “DJ” Brown of Ruffin and charged him with first-degree kidnapping, assault inflicting serious injury, strangulation, first-degree forcible sex offense, assault on a female, and felony violation of his probation.

On August second, Rockingham County Sheriff’s deputies met with the victim. She said that Brown kidnapped her, held her against her will in his home for several hours, and physically abused and sexually assaulted her.

Brown was arrested and placed in the Rockingham County Detention Facility under a $1,000,000 secured bond.

The investigation is ongoing.