A 27-year-old convicted felon is behind bars, accused of forcing his girlfriend into prostitution and then repeatedly beating her when she tried to stop working as a prostitute.

Hoover police Tuesday night announced the arrest of Condorius Sanchez Williams. The Adamsville man was taken into custody Monday after a two-month investigation, and is suspected of possibly being involved in the promotion of prostitution in other cities, including Birmingham and Montgomery.

The investigation began July 25 when Hoover officers responded to the Embassy Suites Hotel on John Hawkins Parkway on a report of a domestic violence assault, said Lt. Keith Czeskleba. The victim told police she was physically assaulted by her boyfriend - Williams - who was forcing her to work as a prostitute.

She told officers she had been assaulted multiple times over the course of 11 months after she tried to stop working as a prostitute. Once the investigation was complete, authorities obtained two warrants charging with first-degree human trafficking. He is charged in both the Birmingham and Bessemer divisions of Jefferson County.

The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force captured Williams Monday at the Regency Inn in Montgomery. He is now in the Jefferson County Jail, where he is being held on $200,000 bond.

Williams is being investigated for similar crimes in Homewood and Montgomery. Authorities said he was armed with a handgun when arrested by U.S. Marshals, so he could face additional federal charges of a felon being in possession of a handgun. Court records show he was convicted of burglary and robbery in Jefferson County in 2014, but received a 20-year suspended sentence.

Hoover police Capt. Gregg Rector said detectives spent an enormous amount of time investigating the case over the past two months. "It's very rewarding though when you can help convince a victim to leave a lifestyle that has extreme risks,'' Rector said. "What began as a normal relationship, quickly turned into a violent existence that included forced prostitution and routine assaults."

"Condorius Williams is one of the most disgusting individuals we've ever dealt with. Over the course of several months, he beat this victim with his fists, bit her on the face, struck her with a handgun and pushed her down stairs,'' Rector said. "Physical violence and verbal threats were routinely used to force this woman to comply with his wishes, and to punish her when she did not."

It's disturbing that some people still view prostitution as a victimless crime, Rector said, because it's so much more complicated than that. "The whole (Backpage.com) culture is a hotbed for criminal activity. It almost always involves drugs, guns, robberies, stealing, physical violence and a long list of other crimes,'' he said. "Pimps are also still very common and they control the majority of the women who advertise on these sites. These pimps are almost always drug dealers as well, and almost always have extensive criminal histories."