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Second arrest in captive rape incident
Sylvania man charged
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Statesboro police detectives arrested a second man Thursday in connection to the reported rape of a woman who said she was abducted in Florida and held captive in a Statesboro apartment. Will Morris Smith, 42, of Woodland Lane in Sylvania, was taken into custody Thursday, charged with rape and false imprisonment, according to Madison Bridges, Statesboro Police Department public information specialist. Joe Amos Saxton, 45, of Dunlap Street, formerly of Gadson Morris Road in Allendale, S.C., was arrested Tuesday, also on charges of false imprisonment and rape, she said.
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