A Phoenix man has been arrested and faces multiple felonies after police say he physically and sexually abused his girlfriend and kept her captive in a backyard shed for at least two weeks.
Police responded to a 911 call around 4 p.m. on July 2. The victim told dispatchers that her boyfriend, Timothy James Wood, 36, had been assaulting her for days, and she managed to break out of the shed where she was being held. She said she ran to a neighbor’s home for help.
The victim said she had recently been evicted and was being kept in a shed behind Wood’s dad’s house for at least 14 days. Wood allegedly restrained her with a tow strap around her ankle, chained the doors shut and stacked bricks outside to prevent her from getting out…