A Colorado Springs police officer was arrested in Pueblo early Friday after opening his ex-girlfriend's window and breaking a lamp, telling cops he was angry that a Pueblo police patrol car was parked outside.
Christopher Garcia, 38, faces burglary and harassment charges and was placed on administrative leave from CSPD pending adjudication, Lt. David Whitlock said in a news release.
Louisa Delatorre, 39, told police she received a series of harassing text messages and phone calls from Garcia after she stopped responding to his texts. The two had lived together at her home on Seminole Lane for several years and have a child together, according to the police report.
She called Sgt. L.B. Unger to the house to ask about "options she had to stop Garcia from contacting her because she was feeling harassed by his accusations of her going out with other men, according to the report.
"Delatorre said she wanted to know how to take action without Garcia ‘getting in trouble,'" the report reads.
With Unger and Delatorre inside, Garcia arrived, rang the doorbell and opened the window next to the front door, knocking over a glass lamp. Delatorre said his hand was reaching to unlock the front door when Delatorre and Unger pushed his hand out..
Garcia denied trying to open the door.
"I just wanted to see what was happening inside," he told police.
Unger called for backup and when another officer arrived, Garcia, standing in the driveway, said he called acting Pueblo police Captain D. Ingraham.
Ingraham arrived, spoke briefly with Garcia, and another officer took Garcia to the police station, according to the report.
Christopher Garcia, 38, faces burglary and harassment charges and was placed on administrative leave from CSPD pending adjudication, Lt. David Whitlock said in a news release.
Louisa Delatorre, 39, told police she received a series of harassing text messages and phone calls from Garcia after she stopped responding to his texts. The two had lived together at her home on Seminole Lane for several years and have a child together, according to the police report.
She called Sgt. L.B. Unger to the house to ask about "options she had to stop Garcia from contacting her because she was feeling harassed by his accusations of her going out with other men, according to the report.
"Delatorre said she wanted to know how to take action without Garcia ‘getting in trouble,'" the report reads.
With Unger and Delatorre inside, Garcia arrived, rang the doorbell and opened the window next to the front door, knocking over a glass lamp. Delatorre said his hand was reaching to unlock the front door when Delatorre and Unger pushed his hand out..
Garcia denied trying to open the door.
"I just wanted to see what was happening inside," he told police.
Unger called for backup and when another officer arrived, Garcia, standing in the driveway, said he called acting Pueblo police Captain D. Ingraham.
Ingraham arrived, spoke briefly with Garcia, and another officer took Garcia to the police station, according to the report.
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