Police arrest WA domestic violence suspect on $200K warrant

UPDATE (9/23):

KENT, Wash. - Tacoma PD officers arrested Milton Scott on Monday after he tried to run from them.

Officers responded to a property located at 1320 E. 26th St after getting complaints about trespassing. They spotted Scott and a woman sitting on the back porch where there are multiple prominently displayed "NO TRESPASSING" signs on the property, including one just feet from where they were sitting.

After contacting them, officers ran their names to check for any arrest warrants. The woman had no warrants, but the inquiry showed Scott had a felony warrant for Domestic Violence Assault in King County.

While they were running his name, officers say he got up and started moving around. As soon as they told him he was not free to leave and would be arrested, he immediately turned and ran. Two officers gave chase while giving loud commands to stop. One officer drew his taser and warned him he would be tased if he did not stop.

Scott ran between a trailer and a garage, so the officer fired the first cartridge which missed. As he moved out from behind the trailer, the officer fired a second cartridge which appeared to strike him in his lower back. However, Scott continued to run with the second officer in close pursuit. That officer caught Scott about 100 yards west of the original address.

A check showed that only one of the probes had struck him initially, which is why the taser didn't stop him. The Tacoma Fire Department cleared him medically and he was booked into the Pierce County jail for Criminal Trespass and Obstruction. He is being held without bail on a DOC warrant for Escape from Community Custody and on $200,000 bail for DV Burglary 1st Degree and DV Assault 4th Degree. Each of the Tacoma charges carried a $250 bail as they are misdemeanors. 

At some point, Scott will be transferred to the King County jail and will appear in court on his DV charges. I have put in a public disclosure request with the City of Tacoma for the police bodycam video of the arrest and will post it whenever they fulfill my request.

ORIGINAL STORY (9/9):

Kent Police and DOC’s NW Community Response Unit are asking for your help to find Milton Scott. His alleged victim is terrified for the safety of her daughters.

He has a $200,000 felony warrant for his arrest for first-degree domestic violence burglary, fourth-degree felony domestic violence assault and fourth-degree assault. He has been seen in Kent.

Kent domestic violence assault

The backstory:

King County prosecutors say Scott broke into a woman’s home at 10:30 p.m. by removing her A/C unit from the window. Once there, he confronted the victim, calling her a "stupid b****", causing her young daughter to go check on her mom, per court docs.

The victim told Scott to leave, but he pushed her, which prompted the victim to call 911. The victim’s phone died, so she told her daughter to go to the neighbors and have them call 911, but prosecutors say Scott prevented the child from running for help by shoving her, causing her to hit her back on a dead bolt panel.

The woman had no idea that Scott had a long history of domestic violence until she was contacted by a DOC officer. The break-in and assault occurred when she told him he was not welcome in her home.

Dig deeper:

The victim was granted a protection order, but police say Scott has been emailing her, saying "that the victim was lying, that he didn’t assault her or her child, and that she shouldn’t ‘get on his bull****’ which would financially devastate her and that she needed to ‘fix it or somebody gone be fixing yo ass and I put this on my dead mother.’"

Scott has five previous convictions for domestic violence assault involving different women since 2008, including strangulation in three of the cases. He threatened to kill three of the victims. Several of the attacks occurred in front of young children.

He also has convictions for attempted unlawful possession of a firearm as well as forgery, criminal mischief and attempted criminal mischief.

He has previously had 10 warrants issued for his arrest.

Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for any information that leads to his arrest. You will remain anonymous when you text a tip through the P3 Tips App on your cell phone or call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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