A Spring Creek man has been jailed after police responded to a hostage situation.

Robert Roy Hall Jr., 53, was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsfield Township on Thursday following a 911 call reporting an alleged hostage situation at a residence.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, police responded to the call that Hall was allegedly holding a person against their will with a knife. Hall unlawful restraint/serious bodily injury, a first-degree misdemeanor, simple assault, a second-degree misdemeanor, misdemeanor terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, a first-degree misdemeanor, harassment and cruelty to animals.

Magisterial District Judge Ray Zydonik conducted a preliminary arraignment and set Hall’s bail at $100,000. Unable to post bail, Hall was taken to the Warren County Prison. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in Zydonik’s court on March 12.

According to the affidavit, when state troopers arrived, a woman said Hall Jr. had been “holding her in the house against her will and had been hitting her and her dog.”

Hall had allegedly prevented the victim from leaving for three days, taken her cell phone, and sat on the couch with the woman, telling her that if she tried to leave or contact anyone, he would kill her.

The affidavit also said Hall allegedly punched the woman multiple times, dragged the woman by her hair into the bedroom and told her he was going to hang himself and make her watch. The woman’s service dog allegedly attempted to bite Hall, according to the affidavit.

“Hall grabbed the dog by the neck, lifted it off the ground, and shook it. He then began punching the dog multiple times,” the affidavit states.

The woman was able to connect an old phone she was given by Hall to play games on to Wi-Fi and send a Facebook message to a friend asking them to call 911 while he slept at her feet with a butcher knife.