A 17-year-old who was held captive at a residence near Big Bear Lake, California, escaped last week when the girls kidnapper took her to his workplace, authorities said.

Zackary Dourousseau, 26, was arrested March 7 after the teen freed herself from a locked vehicle, according to a Tuesday statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department.

Deputies learned that on March 1, Dourousseau had picked the teen up in his vehicle, driven her to his residence in Sugarloaf, and asked her for sex, the statement said. But the girl then refused, and was allegedly held inside the home for six days.