Man Arrested On Charges Of Stalking And Assault
ST. CLOUD -- Police arrested a man accused of stalking a woman, breaking into her house, and threatening a person with a knife on Friday night.
Lieutenant Jeff Oxton says 27-year-old Gilbert Samson Garcia broke into the home of a woman he had been stalking in the 500 block of 9th Avenue South in St. Cloud.
Police say when inside the home, Garcia threatened a person with a knife.
No one was hurt in the incident and Garcia fled the scene before police arrived.
Shortly after midnight, police located Garcia in the Lake George area and arrested him after a foot chase.
Garcia was taken to Stearns County Jail on charges of felony stalking, 1st degree burglary, 2nd degree assault, 5th degree controlled substance, and fleeing police on foot.