GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ- WLUK) – A 32-year-old Green Bay man has been charged with kidnapping his ex-fiancee and holding her at a motel for more than two weeks, abusing her physically and sexually.
According to the criminal complaint, the 35-year-old victim told police that Tony C. Hughes grabbed her as she got off a bus in Green Bay May 26.
Hughes was not supposed to have any contact with the victim because he was out on bond on previous domestic abuse charges.
The victim told police Hughes threatened to kill her or her loved ones if she did not get back on the bus.
Once on the bus, Hughes allegedly told her to sit down and keep quiet. The victim said they then took the bus to a motel on Green Bay’s west side, where they had been staying.
At the hotel, the victim said Hughes told her he missed her. He threatened to kill her and her family if she left the hotel.
The victim said she and Hughes got into physical arguments in which he would hit her, pull down on her hair and stick his fingers into her mouth, pulling down on her jaw.
He also allegedly sexually assaulted her several times.
At times, the victim said Hughes would push her into the bathroom in an attempt to muffle her screams.
Eventually, on June 12, the victim said Hughes allowed her to contact her brother and leave with him. They drove to a domestic violence shelter and contacted police.
Hughes was arrested at the hotel.
Officers say he told them only a verbal argument had happened there and denied the allegations of physical abuse.
Hughes faces six felony and three misdemeanor charges, including kidnapping, third-degree sexual assault, false imprisonment and substantial battery with the intent to cause bodily harm.
If convicted, Hughes could be sentenced to more than 77 years behind bars.
