A Sept. 10 preliminary hearing is set for a Lewiston man charged with stalking a woman.

Lewiston police say Larry O’Neal, 54, made death threats against a female acquaintance in violation of a civil protection order. He was arrested following a traffic stop Friday night, after police found a loaded hunting rifle in the back seat of his car.

A criminal complaint alleges O’Neal maintained surveillance on the 46-year-old woman and her family members, called the woman by telephone, and made threats to kill the woman and her relative - at the time of his arrest, investigators believed O’Neal was en route to carry out the reported threats.

O’Neal was originally held on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, but charges were later amended to one count of felony stalking.

He is being held in the Nez Perce County Jail on $200,000 bond.