He attacked a Pasco woman and stole her cars, police say

A Pasco man’s alleged crime spree ended with him hiding in a bedroom after he spent four days stalking his ex-girlfriend, police say.

Alejandro Garcia already had a court order preventing him from contacting his 31-year-old ex-girlfrend before he got into a fight with her in her apartment Thursday afternoon, according to Pasco police.

After threatening to stab her, police said Garcia tore a hole in her pants, jumped into her silver Nissan Altima and drove away.

Later that afternoon, police said Garcia called the victim to meet her. She called police.

Sgt. Brad Gregory spotted Garcia in the Altima and drove after him through the neighborhood of Court Street and 20th Avenue.

Officers stopped the chase when it got too dangerous.

Investigators said they moved the ex-girlfriend and her children to a shelter while they tracked Garcia.

When she got home Saturday, she saw that her other car, a Nissan Sentra, was gone. She reported it stolen to police.

A neighbor told officers that they heard it start late Friday night.

Officer Joe Mullen also believed that Garcia was trying to find his ex through an old cellphone she still had with her. After talking with police, she left her home again while officers waited for Garcia, investigators said.

On Sunday night, a neighbor heard someone in the home and called the victim, who called police, investigators said.

Officers found the stolen Sentra outside. Pasco police said in their Facebook post that Garcia had barricaded himself inside a bedroom.

Pasco officers used one of the department’s new police dogs, Jucon, to find Garcia inside when he wouldn’t come out. Garcia was not harmed by the dog, said officials.

Garcia was booked into the Franklin County jail on investigation of possession of a stolen vehicle, violating a domestic violence court order and obstructing law enforcement.

This story was originally published October 3, 2018 at 12:00 PM.