PORT ANGELES — Police have arrested a Port Angeles man for investigation of kidnapping and raping a woman June 11.
Maxx Edward Johnson, 26, was booked into the Clallam County jail for investigation of first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping at about 1 p.m. Thursday.
On June 11, a woman reported to Port Angeles police that a man had kidnapped her at knifepoint near Fifth and Laurel streets and forced her to accompany him to several areas south of downtown before taking her to an abandoned building west of downtown where he sexually assaulted her, police said.
She did not know her assailant, she told them.
Sgt. Jason Viada said officers were on foot patrol in downtown Port Angeles when they located Johnson.
Johnson was arrested without incident near Front and Laurel streets.
The case will be reviewed by the county prosecuting attorney.
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