HOUSTON – A woman thought she was meeting a man for a date, but she ended up meeting a man who raped her at gunpoint and tossed her into a bayou, police said.
Houston police said the woman called the Metro Vibe chat line after seeing one of its commercials on television.
The woman chatted with a man who went by the name of Terrance, and they later agreed to meet at the Crescent at City View apartments in northeast Houston in August.
Police said Terrance's real name was Tyler George, and the woman felt uncomfortable after meeting him. She tried to leave, but George pulled out a gun, investigators said.
Detectives said George forced the woman into her own car and raped her.
The woman said George drove a few blocks to Greens Bayou, where he forced her to take her clothes off and then raped her again, police said.
George pushed the woman down the bank of the bayou and kicked her into the water before leaving in her car, detectives said.
On Tuesday, a Houston police officer spotted the woman's stolen car. George was driving it, investigators said.
George was arrested and charged with kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and auto theft. He is being held in the Harris County Jail without bond.
Detectives said they have tried to question him, but he has not been cooperative.
Investigators warned those meeting someone they met online or by phone to be extremely cautious.
"Don't go anywhere alone, go to places well-lit, places that are known to you, don't consume too much alcohol to where you're not going to remember what happened," Assistant Harris County District Attorney Mary McFaden said.