ORLEANS — Brewster police officers working a private traffic detail at a pipeline project early Monday took a man into custody who was sought in an alleged domestic disturbance.

Francis Davis, 36, of Provincetown, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment later that day in Orleans District Court to charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, assault and battery on a pregnant victim, strangulation or suffocation of a pregnant victim, threat to commit a crime, witness intimidation, and assault and battery on a family/household member.

The woman walked into the Brewster police station lobby early Monday and reported that she had gone to Provincetown on Sunday to meet with Davis, who she said was intoxicated, according to the police report.

The woman did not want Davis coming back to her Brewster residence, but he became belligerent and refused to get out of the car, according to the report. He allegedly grabbed her by the neck of her sweatshirt, choking her and telling her he wasn’t afraid to kill her in public. He allegedly spit on her as they drove back to Brewster.

Once they arrived at her house, he allegedly pushed her to the ground and gagged her with a shirt and hit her repeatedly that night, choked her several times, threatened to use a knife to kill her and kept her from using her cellphone.

The date of Davis' next court appearance was unclear in court records.