Editor's note: More details have emerged regarding the arrest of the police officer. Read the latest story here.

A Montgomery police officer has been placed on leave after being arrested this past weekend.

MPD Sgt. James Stewart, 39, is charged with menacing after being accused of threatening to shoot a man, smashing his gun against a car window and ripping the door handle off the car that had a man and woman inside.

The arrest stemmed from a a complaint filed by the man. According to the complaint, Stewart blocked a vehicle in with his truck while the two were in the vehicle.

"(Stewart) exited his vehicle with a gun and ordered me out of the vehicle," the complaint reads. "He then tried to open the locked driver's door and said, 'Get out of the car or I'm going to shoot you.'"

Stewart then allegedly "ripped off" the driver's door handle, "cocked the slide of" the pistol, and "pointed it at (the driver's) head and chest."

The woman got out of the passenger side and the complaint alleges Stewart "grabbed (her) by the throat" and "threw her against the front fender of the car" before smashing the gun against the car window, scratching it.

The driver then drove away and called 911 while Stewart followed.

The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. Sunday in Pike Road, according to court documents. Stewart was arrested Sunday by Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

The Montgomery Public Safety Department confirmed the arrest and said Stewart has been placed on leave "pending the resolution of this matter." Stewart was assigned to patrol and has been with MPD since 2008.

A mugshot for Stewart was not immediately available as the MCSO website was down Tuesday morning, MCSO Capt. George Beaudry confirmed. The website malfunction was later attributed to a malware attack that targeted the county computer system.

Beaudry said Stewart was off-duty during the incident.

Stewart was being held on a $500 bond until he was released on bond Sunday.

This is the second arrest of an MPD officer this year after MPD motorcycle officer Amanda Millwood, 38, was charged with two counts of unlawful distribution of heroin and prescription pain killer Belbuca.

Stewart's arrest is also at least the eighth arrest of an MPD officer since the beginning of 2016.

MPD officer Clarence Doniver was charged with third-degree domestic violence in September 2016.

Officer Deonte Hamner was placed on administrative leave after being arrested on charges of first-degree sodomy. According to the affidavit, Hamner allegedly “forced the victim to perform oral sex at gun point” during a traffic stop while on-duty on June 9, 2016.

On March 29 that year, Officer Morris Leon Williams Jr. was arrested and placed on leave after allegedly sodomizing a “mentally defective” adult woman incapable of consent the day before, according to the affidavit.

Also on March 29, former MPD Officer GT Farris resigned after being arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

Officer AC Smith is on administrative leave after being charged with murder for the Feb. 25, 2016, shooting of Greg Gunn.

MPD Chief of Operations Scott Simmons was placed on administrative leave after a DEA probe connected Simmons to an ongoing criminal investigation.

Correction: Stewart is accused of threatening to shoot a man and the complaint was filed by a man, not a woman as previosuly reported.