NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – A North Myrtle Beach man is in jail after a woman came forward claiming she was kept in a back room of the man’s business and was continuously beaten and sexually assaulted.
A police report from North Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety says officers arrested Raul Gilberto Arvizu-Huerta, 47, of North Myrtle Beach at La Raza De La Paz Hispanic Grocery Store, located at 1205 S Hwy 17, Monday. Arvizu-Huerta was jailed after a woman told police she lived in a back room of the store since September 2015 and had been violently beaten and sexually assaulted by Arvizu-Huerta for nearly seven months.
The report goes on to say if the victim did not do what she was told, Arvizu-Huerta “would beat her with his belt.” The victim was not allowed to leave the store without Arvizu-Huerta, and the suspect kept the woman’s Visa and passport, refusing to give it to her, the report states.
According to the report, officers conducted a search warrant at the store operated by Arvizu-Huerta, and collected eight cell phones, an iPod, multiple identifications of different people including the victim, two pair of women’s used underwear, two laptops, a computer modem and a video surveillance hard drive.
Arvizu-Huerta is charged with criminal sexual conduct first degree, domestic violence high and aggravated nature and kidnapping. He was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center Monday at 1:54 p.m.
