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.

 

More From AM 1240 WJON