New charges were filed Wednesday against a 31-year-old Gower man accused of taking his kids at gunpoint in an escalating child-custody dispute.

Jason George will be held without bond pending a Friday court appearance in Buchanan County on one class-b felony count of burglary in the first degree.

Investigators say he entered the home of the mother Donna McGlothlin on February 23, pulled a firearm and took the two girls.  George was arrested in Clinton County and the two girls, ages 10 and 13, were recovered safely. George is charged in Clinton County with child abuse or neglect.

Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney Dwight Scroggins says the range of punishment for the burglary charge is a minimum of five years to a maximum of 15 years in the Department of Corrections.

Mr George is scheduled to appear in Buchanan County Associate Circuit Court Friday morning.