PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WIAT) — A man was recently arrested in Mississippi, where he was charged with allegedly kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from her home in south Alabama and sexually assaulting her.

At approximately 9 a.m. Thursday, deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department were called to a Circle K gas station in St. Martin, Mississippi, where a woman claimed that she had been taken from her home in Alabama and sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend.

According to the victim, she was able to escape from her ex, whom she identified as Melvin Hill of Mobile, Alabama, after fleeing the store and alerting employees of her condition.

Hill reportedly tried to flee back to Alabama, but was later arrested by deputies.

Hill is charged with kidnapping, motor vehicle theft and sexual battery. He is being held at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department’s Adult Detention Center.

More charges from surrounding jurisdictions could be coming.