A 21-year-old Mulga man was arrested Friday morning in connection with the kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault of a woman in Birmingham.

Tadarrius Lawaun Smith was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at just before 11 a.m. on charges of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, first-degree sodomy, and theft of property. At the time of his arrest, he already was being sought on an unrelated charge of failing to appear in court on a separate robbery case, according to jail records and Crime Stoppers.

The kidnapping happened just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1700 block of 11th Place South. Birmingham police Sgt. Johnny Williams said the suspect – now identified as Smith - forced the female into her vehicle at gunpoint and drove to various locations trying to withdraw money from her credit cards.

The suspect also sexually assaulted the victim before letting her go. The woman, whose name and age is not being released, was held against her will for a couple of hours. After the sexual assault, Williams said, the suspect fled on foot.

No additional details have been released. Williams said the victim did not suffer any additional physical injuries other than the sexual assault.

Smith was taken into custody Friday morning when he showed up for court on an unrelated matter. He pleaded guilty in 2016 to a first-degree robbery charge in connection with an armed robbery of $206 from a man in 2014. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with three to serve.

After being released from prison, Smith was arrested Sept. 28, 2018 on two counts of theft of property and certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm. Because those arrests violated the terms of his probation in the previous case for which he was convicted, Smith had a court date Friday for consideration of probation revocation.

It was during that hearing that he was arrested on the new charges. His attorney, John Robbins, said his client denies involvement in the new kidnapping/sexual assault case.

Smith is currently being held without bond.