MONROE — The man accused of kidnapping a Butler County woman and holding her captive in a New Hampshire woods faces federal charges and a possible life sentence.

        In a three-count indictment made public Friday, Roland A. Larson, 59, of Southwick, Mass., was charged with kidnapping and two counts of interstate domestic violence.

        Filed in U.S. District Court in Concord, N.H., the indictment alleges Mr. Larson committed “kidnapping and sexual abuse of Charlotte Larson.”

        Ms. Larson, 50, of Middletown, told police she was kidnapped from her Monroe workplace on Nov. 9. She said her attacker bound her with duct tape and drove her to New Hampshire. She got away briefly and persuaded someone to call police; Mr. Larson was arrested in New Hampshire on Nov. 17.

        Helen White Fitzgibbon, assistant U.S. attorney in New Hampshire, said the kidnapping charge carries a potential life sentence; the domestic violence charges, up to 10 years apiece.

        “It's an interstate kidnapping, which is a federal crime and certainly deserving of federal attention,” Ms. Fitzgibbon said.

        Mr. Larson is to be arraigned Tuesday in New Hampshire, where he is jailed. Prosecutors will ask that he remain jailed without bond, Ms. Fitzgibbon said.

        Monroe police Detective Kimberly Fogle, who filed a local kidnapping charge against Mr. Larson in Butler County, said Friday she would not dismiss the local charge until the federal case is finished.

        Ms. Larson has returned to Ohio and is recovering at an undisclosed location.

        “She is very traumatized,” Detective Fogle said. “She's afraid to go outside.”

        The marital status of Mr. and Ms. Larson is unclear. Authorities have said the couple had been together for more than 30 years. The federal indictment describes Ms. Larson as Mr. Larson's “intimate partner.”

        When she filed for a protection order against Mr. Larson in Butler County Domestic Relations Court a year ago, Ms. Larson crossed out “spouse” and wrote “girlfriend” to describe her relationship to him.

        Police and court records show Ms. Larson alleged a history of harassment by Mr. Larson since at least 1996. An order of protection was issued on her behalf in February.

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