GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Mayfield man was arrested on Wednesday morning and accused of assaulting a woman and holding her captive against her will.

The Graves County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) posted on Facebook that around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, a woman walked up to a residence and said she'd been assaulted. Deputies were dispatched to Old Dublin Road, west of Mayfield, where the investigation began.

An initial investigation reportedly showed that the woman had allegedly been assaulted and held against her will overnight from Wednesday to Thursday by Michael West, 41, of Mayfield.

The GCSO wrote that when West fell asleep, the woman was able to run to a nearby residence to call for help. She was then taken to the Jackson Purchase Medical Center.

Later that morning, Graves

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