A man with a fourth-degree assault warrant remained at large after leading Kent Police on a 2-mile vehicle pursuit and then fleeing on foot after an officer drew his handgun as he approached the van once it pulled over near South 272nd Street.

The man climbed over his wife in the passenger seat and fled out the passenger-side door during the March 2 incident, according to the police report. By the time officers realized he had left the vehicle, the man had run across a nearby Metro Park and Ride lot. A search failed to find him.

Officers ordered the wife out of the van and also found two children inside. But the man was no longer inside.

The incident started at about 11:08 a.m. in the 23700 block of 30th Avenue South on the West Hill when an officer clocked a Ford Windstar going 39 mph in a 25-mph zone. The officer turned on the overhead lights near the Kent-Des Moines Road intersection but the van kept going and eventually entered southbound Interstate 5.

The officer continued his pursuit along the freeway at speeds of about 65 mph. He used a PA system to order the driver to the side of the road. The van left the freeway at the South 272nd Street off-ramp and pulled to the shoulder.

Police learned from the man’s wife how he escaped the van. A police records search showed the man had a King County warrant for fourth-degree assault against his wife as well as a no-contact order to stay away from his wife and children. Police cited the man at large for violation of the no-contact order, driving while license suspended and failure to stop.

Malicious mischief

Police cited a woman for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief after she reportedly smashed the driver’s side front and rear windows on a 2001 Chevy Malibu parked March 4 in the 14400 block of Southeast 254th Street.

A woman called to report the incident and told officers she suspected her son’s ex-girlfriend smashed the windows because of a messy breakup between the two, according to the police report.

The former girlfriend had texted the man to tell him to go to his grandmother’s house to see what had been done. Officers contacted the man to confirm the text message. Police cited the man for investigation of violation of a no-contact order because he had exchanged text messages with his former girlfriend.

Assault

Officers arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly hit a former girlfriend with a white stick during a dispute at about 3:14 a.m. March 2 at a home in the 20000 block of 104th Place Southeast.

The woman had swelling and bruising on her elbow, according to the police report.

The woman told officers she came over to the house for drinks with the man and they started to argue while in the garage, where the man reportedly picked up a stick and hit her. Witnesses had heard the arguing and called police.

Officers interviewed the man who told them the woman always begs him to get back together with her. He said she was upset that he didn’t want to marry her and he told her she needed to leave. He denied assaulting the woman.