Police have arrested a man they say kidnapped a woman and tried to rape her before she "gouged out" his eyes.

Charles Roarx, 52, grabbed a woman who was walking into the Arby's at 7708 Preston Highway "from behind," according to court documents, and "forced her into a nearby garage."

Roarx's arrest citation says he told the woman to remove her pants, "which she refused to do," before punching her and forcing her onto a blanket and into removing her shirt.

"The defendant began taking his pants off, then produced a rope from beneath the blanket and told the victim to put her hands in the air," court documents say, and when she tried to escape, he strangled her.

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The woman was able to escape by gouging Roarx's eyes, the arrest citation states, and leaving the garage. She was later treated for her injuries at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital. She had cuts on the front and back of her neck, court documents say, as well as cuts on her arm and hands and marks on her neck from strangulation.

Roarx is being held at Metro Corrections. He's facing an adult kidnapping charge, a first degree rape charge and a fourth degree assault charge.

He's scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning.

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