James Reynolds, 68, has been charged in connection with a Saturday morning incident in the downtown Great Falls area.

Reynolds has been charged with two felony counts of assault with a weapon, two misdemeanor counts of unlawful restraint, a felony count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and a misdemeanor count of criminal possession of drug paraphernalia.

Great Falls Police officers were dispatched shortly before 9 a.m. Sept. 6 to a report of a disturbance around 8th Avenue South and 2nd Street South.

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Dispatchers had been told that a female had asked someone to call 911 since a knife had been pulled and someone was locked in a horse trailer.

Arriving in the area, an officer was flagged down by a female who said Reynolds had locked her and her boyfriend in a horse trailer and threatened to stab them.

In speaking with the victims, officers learned that the victim had been in a relationship with her boyfriend for about four months and he had introduced her to Reynolds within the last month. They said Reynolds had become obsessed with her and was trying to become her boyfriend despite her rebuffing him, according to court documents.

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The victims were sleeping in the unsecured horse trailed parking behind an abandoned property near the 700 block of 2nd Street South when Reynolds happened upon them with a knife in his hand saying she shouldn’t be with her boyfriend and threatening to stab him, according to court documents.

The woman pulled the door shut to keep Reynolds out and he locked them in the trailer. She said Reynolds opened the door a second time, attempting to stab her boyfriend but she threw herself over him to prevent that from happening, according to court documents.

The victim’s boyfriend said Reynolds had also threatened him the previous night while he was looking for her.

Prosecutors are requesting a $50,000 bond as he has a lengthy criminal history including convictions for theft, escape, burglary, bail jumping and is currently on parole for conspiracy to escape.

Reynolds is scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Sept. 8.