An Indianapolis man is accused of breaking a protective order and holding a Columbus woman prisoner with a knife at her throat yesterday morning.

The woman reported that she had also been choked unconscious.

Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police, says that officers were called to the 500 block of 16th Street at about 2:10 a.m. Monday. The suspect, 21-year-old Shane D. Johns, was found at a nearby park and arrested on preliminary charges of domestic battery with a previous conviction; invasion of privacy with a previous conviction, strangulation, intimidation with a deadly weapon, criminal confinement and three Bartholomew County warrants.