Man allegedly abducted her to force her to sign statement asking domestic violence charges against him be dismissed

A Flora Vista man is facing a kidnapping charge after allegedly abducting his ex-girlfriend to force her to sign a statement requesting that pending domestic violence charges against him be dismissed, The Daily Times reported.

Reynold Blackburn, 39, was charged Thursday with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree retaliation against a witness, misdemeanor battery and interference with communications, according to the Farmington newspaper.

The Daily Times reported that according to the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, Blackburn encountered the woman at a Bloomfield car repair shop on Oct. 12 and forced her to go to his Flora Vista home to sign the documents regarding the domestic violence charges. He was charged in June with beating the woman with a golf club.

According to arrest documents in the kidnapping case, Blackburn then held the woman against her will for seven days, going to Durango, Colo., and later to Grants, where the woman escaped on Oct. 19, the newspaper reported. Blackburn was arrested by Acoma tribal police.

Blackburn was charged in 2005 and 2008 with felony kidnapping and battery charges for attacking family members but both cases were dismissed by the District Attorney's Office after the alleged victims declined to participate in the prosecution of the cases, according to The Daily Times.

The newspaper reported that the woman in the pending kidnapping case is the same woman who in September 2008 alleged Blackburn held her hostage in a trailer for two days and raped her with a baseball bat. Chief Deputy District Attorney Dustin O'Brien told the newspaper that case could be refiled if the woman cooperates with prosecutors.