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CANTON, Ohio — The suspect accused of abducting a woman from the parking lot of Aultman Hospital and then raping her at another location has been arrested in Georgia.

According to a press release from Canton Police Department, Norman LaFonte Pryor was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal Service Wednesday afternoon. He faces charges of rape and abduction.

The assault happened on Monday.

Police said the suspect had a knife, forced the victim into the back of her vehicle, made her drive to another location and sexually assaulted her.

She was then driven to a third location where she was blindfolded, and her attacker ran away. She was eventually able to drive herself back to Aultman Hospital to get help.

The hospital previously released the following statement:

“We are shocked that this crime happened on our campus. We know how traumatic this experience was and we have been working throughout the day with the woman who was attacked to provide care and support. We are very grateful she was released by her attacker and able to return to the hospital for help. At Aultman, safety is our top priority. We are committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our employees, patients and visitors, and we are very sorry this happened. We will continue investigating the situation and we are cooperating with Canton Police in whatever way we can to help find the person responsible for this horrible incident. To make sure we are doing everything we can to protect everyone on our campus, we will be stepping up patrols around our facilities, and we will be reviewing both employee and visitor parking procedures. The Canton Police Department also plans to increase patrols around the main hospital campus and Aultman Security Services will continue to maintain a strong exterior presence around the main hospital campus.”

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