PUEBLO, COLO. — Authorities say a Colorado Springs police officer faces burglary and harassment charges for allegedly going to his ex-girlfriend’s home and trying to open a door after seeing another police car parked in front of her house.
Colorado Springs police spokesman Lt. David Whitlock says 38-year-old Christopher Garcia is on administrative leave pending an investigation into his arrest early Friday in Pueblo. Garcia’s ex-girlfriend, a Pueblo police dispatcher, accuses Garcia of sending her harassing text messages and phone calls because she didn’t respond to his texts.
According to a report, she told police she called another officer to her home for advice, saying she felt harassed by Garcia’s accusations that she was seeing other men. She says Garcia opened a window next to her home’s front door and tried to open it.
Garcia told police he only wanted to see what was happening inside.
Garcia, an eight-year veteran of the Colorado Springs Police Department, is free on $10,000 bail.
Police say Garcia had lived with his ex-girlfriend for several years and that they have a child together.
