CYPRESS, Texas – A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an old friend he ran into at a bar was taken into custody Monday morning after barricading himself inside a Cypress home, deputies said.
Logan Cox, 34, ran into the 44-year-old woman at a bar and went to another bar where they played pool together before returning to his home at the corner of Thorn Cypress and Twisted Canyon Drive, according to charging documents.
According to documents, the woman told Cox her boyfriend had recently died and agreed to hang out with him as friends, specifically indicating that she wouldn’t have sex with him.
He then told her he wanted something to eat and the two left the bar, but instead, he drove her to his house before he “forcefully carried her” inside, according to documents.
Inside the home, he allegedly hit her with an open hand several times and forcibly removed her pants before allegedly raping her.
During the assault, Cox allegedly told her to bring her daughter to his house tomorrow and let him have sex with her as well, according to court documents.
Eventually, he took her to the garage and unlocked the door, before telling her “you better not tell anyone” and letting her go.
The woman immediately ran to nearby homes to get help, according to documents.
Doorbell video shared with KPRC 2 shows the woman frantically ringing neighbors’ doorbells around 3:30 a.m., after she escaped from Cox’s home.
“She looked like, you know, she was very scared,” a neighbor said. “I didn’t open the door because obviously I don’t know who that is and it’s very dangerous to open a door for somebody you don’t know at 3:30 in the morning.”
She rang his doorbell several times, keeping her back turned away from the door before she eventually ran off barefoot.
“My wife asked her what she wanted through the speaker of the Ring and she didn’t answer,” he said.
He called 911 to report a suspicious person, which is when deputies responded and found the woman, and learned what happened.
Deputies went back to the home to get his story, but he refused to come out, which kicked off an hours-long standoff with SWAT officers.
He finally surrendered and was taken into custody without incident, the sheriff’s office said.
“Eventually, the suspect was put in touch with a negotiator at which time he went ahead and came out,” HCSO Major Wayne Kuhlman said.
The woman was taken to the hospital where a sexual assault examination kit was administered to investigate the allegations.
Cox was booked into the Harris County Jail for aggravated kidnapping. Additional charges are possible, the sheriff’s office said.
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To our community members in Cypress, @HCSOTexas SWAT is responding to the 16000 blk of Thorn Cypress. A felony suspect is barricaded inside a residence and refusing to exit. PIO also enroute. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/j2EUJ4iU8p
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) February 20, 2023