FINNEY COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating a suspect following an alleged report of domestic violence and police chase.

Just before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Officers of the Garden City Police Department were dispatched to the 1700 Block of N. 8th Street for a reported battery in progress, according to a media release.

As officers were responding to the scene the reporting person advised the suspect had left the scene in a white passenger car westbound on Campbell Street.

Officers located the suspect vehicle traveling north on 11th Street and attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle at 11th and Emerson Street.

The suspect vehicle refused to stop and a vehicle pursuit was initiated. The pursuit ended when the suspect, Eli Mendoza, 26, Garden City, lost control of his vehicle in the 1100 Block of Labrador Blvd.

After he struck a dip in the road. The vehicle careened into bushes between the sidewalk and street coming to a stop on Rebel Road.

Mendoza was arrested without incident.
The investigation into the initial battery report revealed Mendoza engaged in a fight in the front yard of an apartment complex in the 1700 Block on North 8th Street.

A witness who was driving by saw the battery in progress so he stopped to intervene, according to police.

The victim ran into the apartment and Mendoza pursued her, pushing his way into the apartment. Once inside the apartment Mendoza battered the victim again, took her cell phone and then fled the scene in the vehicle.

Mendoza is being held in the Finney County Jail and could face the possible charges of:
Aggravated Burglary, Interference with a Law Enforcement Officer, Battery,
Assault, Fleeing and Eluding, Driving under the Influence
Driving While License Suspended and Transportation of an Open Container of Alcohol