Investigators have captured a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint Sunday.

Members of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit arrested Samuel Brown, 38, at an apartment complex in the 200 block of James I. Harrison Jr. Parkway on Tuesday.

He's charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree burglary. Brown told reporters he was innocent as he was being led to jail.



A woman, 28, told police she and Brown were hanging out at Creekwood Village all day Saturday before they began arguing during the early morning hours Sunday, said Capt. Gary Hood, Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit commander.



She called police, but he had left through a second-story window by the time officers arrived, he said. She later told police that she was later awakened by him standing over her and holding a knife.



“The victim said Brown held the knife on her and sexually assaulted her,” Hood said. “The victim then said Brown bound her wrists and ankles with duct tape and wrapped a belt around her legs as well.”

The woman escaped and called police. Brown eluded authorities for two days before he was captured.

He said Tuesday that he didn't attack the woman, which whom he has two children.

"You did all you can for someone and they turn their back on you and you get accused of something you didn't do," he said. "I want to let the people know I'm innocent. She knows what happened and I know what happened."

Brown was being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail with bond set at $210,000.