Investigators arrest suspect accused of assaulting woman at Cane Bay home

BERKELEY COUNTY, SC (WCSC) - Bond was denied Thursday evening for a 31-year-old Summerville man accused of breaking into a home in the Cane Bay area and assaulting a woman and her 4-year-old son.

Brandon Keith Sigmon is charged with first degree burglary, two counts of first degree assault, three counts of kidnapping and possession of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime in connection to the Wednesday afternoon incident.

"The monster that did this forces his way into our home and terrorized me and my two children," said the victim in Thursday's court hearing."He hit me several times in the back of my head with a gun that he had previously pointed at my face and the back of my head."

Authorities said since the incident occurred, the victim along with her entire family has been "terrified" to even return to their home.

Deputies say Sigmon was apprehended after he was spotted hiding in a construction area Wednesday evening. Authorities say after he was spotted, he jumped into a pond and ran into a wooded area where he was arrested.

Sigmon is being held at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center, according to Berkeley Sheriff's spokesman Dan Moon.

Investigators say Sigmon was posing as a vacuum cleaner salesman when the home invasion occurred after 2 p.m. at a house in the 300 block of Decatur Drive where he forced his way inside the home and assaulted a woman, who investigators say suffered "fairly extensive" injuries.

The woman told deputies she saw the man walking from the front door with his hands up, saying, "OK, ma'am, OK, ma'am." She said the suspect's behavior made her nervous and she called her husband to let him know about it, but before she could walk out of the front foyer area of her home, she heard the glass shattering from the back door.

She told deputies she saw the man enter the home and charge at her, yelling for her to get off the phone. The suspect then began to punch her and hit her in the head with a handgun, the report states. The woman told authorities as she asked the man what he wanted, he appeared to get angrier and continue to hit her, and pushed her head against the wall several times.

The victim said her two-year-old daughter and four-year-old son were in the home and were crying. Police say the suspect then ordered her to make them stop crying. When they didn't stop crying, the woman said the suspect pushed her son and he fell against the wall.

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Investigators arrest suspect accused of assaulting woman at Cane Bay home