MARION COUNTY — A 33-year-old Chicago man pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to holding a Centralia woman he met online against her will at her home over the summer.

Andrew Mattox was sentenced to 30 months probation; 84 days in the Marion County Jail with credit for time served and ordered to undergo drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment.

Per the plea agreement, a charge of attempted armed robbery was dismissed in exchange for Mattox’ guilty plea to Class 2 felony unlawful restraint.

According to reports, Mattox met the woman online and had traveled to Centralia to meet her in person.

When she told Mattox she didn’t have money for him to get back to Chicago he allegedly put a knife to her throat until she agreed to take money out of the ATM.

Mattox allegedly ordered the woman into the passenger side of his pickup truck as he went to the back of the truck to allegedly get something to kill her with.

While he was in the back, she reportedly jumped into the driver’s seat and drove the truck to the Centralia Police Department to report the incident.

Mattox had allegedly taken the woman’s phone and as she was reporting the alleged incident to police he called them to report his truck had been stolen.

Video surveillance from the housing authority of the property corroborated the woman’s story of the incident.