A woman’s screams for help and pleas not to be hurt drew police to a Saint Paul home, where officers found her locked in a basement with visible injuries after she was allegedly choked, dragged by her hair and threatened with death.

Eric Michael Deroos, 47, of Saint Paul, faces five felony charges: kidnapping to facilitate a felony or flight, kidnapping to commit great bodily harm or terrorize, threats of violence with reckless disregard for risk, domestic assault by strangulation and false imprisonment, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in Ramsey County District Court.

According to court documents, police responded to a report of a woman screaming for help on June 15. Witnesses told officers they heard a woman screaming in a driveway and saw a man pushing a woman toward the side of a house. Officers arriving at the scene found a cell phone and clumps of hair near the door, but no one responded when they ordered the occupants to exit.