BRANDON, Fla. — A 40-year-old Brandon man has been charged with keeping a 17-year-old Georgia girl as a sex slave.

  • Man charged with keeping 17-year-old girl as sex slave
  • Authorities said Thomas Hill, 40, met girl online, brought her from Georgia
  • Girl escaped in February, Hill now facing federal charges 

According to the U.S. District Court, Thomas Hill met the girl online in December and offered to help her get a job and a place to stay. The complaint says she lied and said her parents were planning to sell her.

Authorities said the girl said Hill sexually assaulted her, coercing her with physical violence, made her watch child pornography and took nude photos of her.

Hill was arrested in February after a Hillsborough County deputy found the girl running down a street crying. 

Local charges were dropped Friday in lieu of federal charges. 

Hill was arrested again and charged with federal enticement of a minor and production of child pornography.

He told authorities he went to Georgia to rescue the girl.