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Suspended former Providence College basketball player Alyn Breed was ordered held without bail Monday on domestic violence and firearms charges, following a weekend incident involving a former girlfriend.

Authorities said he pointed a handgun at his girlfriend, took her cellphone and took off in her car.

No pleas were entered to domestic violence, first degree robbery and other counts.

The incident allegedly occurred Friday night or early Saturday morning in the Providence apartment of his estranged girlfriend.

“While he was in the bedroom of her home, uninvited and unannounced he wielded a firearm at which time he demanded that she turn over her cellphone,” said Assistant Attorney General Meghan McDonough.

“While he was wielding the firearm, she complied, he left the bedroom, left the apartment and fled down the street. She reported this to Providence College campus security who coordinated with the Providence Police. They interviewed Mr. Breed who admits he was in the apartment uninvited that evening,” she said.

Breed’s attorney, Maria Deaton said the complaining witness, a 33-year old woman from California had purchased an apartment near the Providence College campus, along with a car for Breed’s use. She said Breed had access to the home and the vehicle.

“They were on again and off again, and I believe this particular weekend was another breakup,” Deaton said. She added that Breed had gone to campus police saying he didn’t want her to come to his dorm room, and that she did appear as campus security stood outside his dorm.

“This is a person who claimed that she was so afraid of him that she then followed him back to his dorm,” Deaton said.

“After she made this allegation, yesterday … she then contacted police and stated, ‘I was intoxicated, a lot of what I said may not be how it actually went down.’ And, she seems to be walking back a lot of her allegations,” Deaton said.

Saying that he could not enforce a home confinement order on the Providence College campus, Judge J. Patrick O’Neil ordered Breed, 21, held at the state prison in Cranston without bail. When the defense attorney pointed out the girlfriend had changed her story, the judge said, “she’s going to have to come see me.”

The judge issued a no-contact order, referred the case to the grand jury, and set a status conference for Friday.

Outside the court, Deaton said, ” I just look forward to getting him out, and proving these are false allegations.”