A Roanoke Rapids man was arrested yesterday for kidnapping his girlfriend, nailing the door shut and then threatening to kill her, Roanoke Rapids Police Chief Jeff Hinton said in a press release today.

Cody Ryan Roundtree,18, was arrested around 11:30 a.m. and charged with first-degree kidnapping, assault by strangulation, assault on female and communicating threats. He was jailed on $75,000 bond.

Hinton said the arrest stems from a domestic dispute with his girlfriend at their Chockyotte Street residence. 

Roundtree allegedly forcibly took his girlfriend into the residence, nailed the door shut, choked her and threatened to kill her.