The woman in the passenger seat of a vehicle at a gas station near New York City was holding a sign that said, “Please call 911, CALL 911.” A witness at the gas station saw the sign and contacted police.

When officers arrived Tuesday afternoon, they arrested a 36-year-old man who was allegedly holding his girlfriend and her three boys – a 13-year-old as well as 3-year-old twins with developmental disorders – inside the vehicle under a threat of violence, according to reports.

The suspect, identified as William Jamal Wilkinson, of Ridge on Long Island, refused to let them out, police said.

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Wilkinson was accused of four counts of first-degree unlawful imprisonment, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of marijuana, Newsday of Long Island reported.

The suspect was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday, the New York Post reported.