A Maricopa man was arrested Sunday after his ex-wife told police he ran into her car multiple times with his vehicle.
David Leach, 39, was taken into custody on recommended charges of aggravated assault, criminal damage and endangerment. His former wife called police while driving around a Rancho El Dorado neighborhood with her children in the car while he followed her, according to the police report.
Maricopa Police contacted her on Bishop Drive. She told officers she had met Leach in the parking lot of Ace Hardware to pick up their two children. While the children waited in his vehicle, she talked with David in hers. When the conversation became heated, Leach left her vehicle to get into his and the children got into hers.
She said she drove away but soon noticed Leach had left his phone in her car. When she reached the intersection of Rancho El Dorado Parkway and Santa Rosa Drive, she claimed, Leach ran into the back of her vehicle. He then allegedly drove around her and parked in front of her.
When she drove off, he hit the passenger side of her vehicle, she reported. She drove home and parked in the driveway while she called police. According to the allegations, Leach then rammed the back of her vehicle. She stated when she backed out to leave again, he ran into the driver’s side of her vehicle.
She drove around the area while calling police for help.
Responding officers noted damage to both vehicles in the probable-cause report, stating the “damage around the entire vehicle” was consistent with the woman’s story. One of the children also described what happened, a statement that matched the mother’s, according to the report.
Leach was taken to the police station for more questioning. Police said his claims were “the exact opposite” of the ex-wife’s. He allegedly claimed she ran into him.
Leach was booked into Pinal Count Adult Detention early Monday morning.
