( CNN ) -- South Carolina authorities say a convicted sex offender held a woman against her will for three months , repeatedly beating and raping her during the captivity . The Lexington County Sheriff 's Department arrested Paul Thomas Rawl Jr. on Tuesday . He 's been charged with kidnapping , first-degree criminal sexual conduct and criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature . The sheriff 's department said he held his 52-year-old girlfriend captive in a Pelion home -- about 20 miles southwest of Columbia -- from July 1 until Monday . `` They broke up , and they recently got back together , '' Lexington Sheriff James R. Metts told CNN affiliate WIS. `` This time , things were n't the same . He kidnapped her , and would n't let her leave . '' Major John Allard of the sheriff 's department told CNN that the victim was never reported missing to his agency . The arrest warrant alleges that Rawl , who is also 52 , confined his victim to a bedroom that he kept under surveillance and barricaded shut . The victim has not been named . The details of the case are harrowing . According to Metts , Rawl would force her to swallow a Xanax pill every night before sexually assaulting her , and that he `` used aggravated force to accomplish sexual battery as many as nine times daily . '' The warrant alleges he threatened to kill her with a loaded bow and arrow , and on one occasion , rammed her head so hard into a wall that it made a hole . `` Rawl physically assaulted ( her ) in such a manner that ( she ) feared imminent bodily injury or death , '' Metts said in a statement . Authorities said she was able to escape Tuesday when she persuaded Rawl to take her to a medical exam -- but not before one final act of cruelty . `` Rawl forced the woman to perform a sexual act on him on Tuesday before he agreed to take the woman to the medical office . '' He was denied bond and ordered to stay in jail on Wednesday , according to WIS . The sheriff 's department said Wednesday night that it had no record of Rawl being represented by an attorney yet . WIS reports that his next court date is scheduled for December 19 . Rawl was convicted in 2000 of criminal sexual conduct . His victim in that case was a 12-year-old girl . Feds : California teen alleges captivity , sexual abuse on marijuana 'farm ' Diaries kept by Ariel Castro 's captives paint picture of torment , trauma .
Convicted sex offender Paul Thomas Rawl Jr. , 52 , was arrested in South Carolina . He 's charged with kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct . Sheriff says suspect would force victim to take Xanax and then assault her . He says victim was barricaded in a bedroom and threatened with a loaded bow and arrow .