A man who allegedly held a quadriplegic Navy veteran against his will for months was charged with unlawful imprisonment Friday in Snohomish County Superior Court.

Brian Eugene Blindheim, 33, of Everett, was being held on $10,000 bail. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

He’s accused of disabling the wheelchair that James Greene, 50, needs to be mobile by himself. He’s also accused of starving Greene and not giving him water.

Blindheim, who had been Greene’s caregiver, was arrested earlier this month after two of the victim’s friends called police saying the defendant wouldn’t let them see Greene.

Blindheim initially refused to let a deputy sheriff enter the south Everett hotel room occupied by Green, Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney Janice Ellis said. When the officer was let in he saw a cluttered room separated into two areas by a blanket fixed to the ceiling and extending to the floor, she said.

Greene “was on one side of the blanket, in his wheelchair, without any other amenities near him,” Ellis said. He may have been able to see a television set.

Greene told the deputy that Blindheim had denied him food, would not let him use the phone and wouldn’t let friends see him, Ellis said.

He also said the defendant disabled the voice-activation and other wheelchair features to prevent him from moving independently.

Greene told the officer that in the previous eight days he had eaten only one serving of cereal, and he often went three or four days without food, water or his medications, Ellis said.

Whenever Greene said he wanted to leave or call someone, Blindheim would punish him by withholding food, water and medications, she said.

Greene has an advanced stage of multiple sclerosis, and he can’t move his legs, arms or torso, Ellis said. He has limited movement of his head and is at least partially blind.

Deputies found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the room. A woman who also was there was arrested on an outstanding warrant, Ellis said.

Greene was hospitalized March 2 for a week. On admission, he had lost 18 pounds since his previous medical visit on Jan. 5, Ellis said.