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A western Pa. woman struggled to breathe and feared she was going to die as her 275-pound boyfriend lay atop her for an hour during a domestic dispute. The unusual means of captivity has resulted in charges of unlawful restraint, simple assault and harassment.

In the end, a western Pa. woman struggled to breathe and feared she was going to die, according to police accounts in Butler, Pa. This as the woman's 275-pound boyfriend allegedly lay on top of her in order to restrain her during a domestic dispute, according to the Associated Press.

The suspect is 62-year-old John Prementine, who allegedly held down his 55-year-old girlfriend for nearly an hour by resting his body on hers, the AP writes.

At one point, the man told her: "If we are both going to die, we are going to die together," the Butler Eagle newspaper, which was first to report the story, wrote.

The unusual means of captivity finally ended as three people eventually arrived on scene. This included a family member of the woman's who saw Prementine on top of the woman and intervened in the Saturday night dispute, AP writes, adding:

Prementine remained jailed Wednesday on charges of unlawful restraint, simple assault and harassment and faces a preliminary hearing March 24.