Man charged in drive-through assault

An 18-year-old Spokane man was arrested Wednesday morning after a woman said he attacked her in the drive-through of a Spokane Valley Jack in the Box. The suspect apparently didn’t like it when the driver honked her horn and in turn gave her a split lip, a police spokesman said

The incident occurred just after 2 a.m. at the fast-food restaurant at 1505 N. Pines Road, Spokane Valley police spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan said in a news release.

The dispute began when the woman honked her horn at the driver ahead of her in the drive-up lane, Reagan said. The passenger of the car got out, approached the woman and punched her in the face, Reagan said.

The woman grabbed at the man’s shirt and ripped it off.

He got back in his car and left the parking lot. The woman followed the car and called police to report its location.

At Broadway Avenue and Evergreen Road, the suspect’s car stopped and the man again got out.

He approached the woman’s car, jumped on the hood and started kicking her windshield, Reagan said.

The suspect then allegedly tried to get at the woman through her car’s moon roof.

The woman tried to drive away with the man on her car, but she hit the car from which he had exited, Reagan said.

About that time, Cpl. Shannon McCrillis arrived and the suspect fled on foot. McCrillis and other officers chased the suspect, who was later arrested at Valleyway Avenue and Evergreen Road, Reagan said.

He was identified as Gary W. Scott, of 3906 E. Olympic Ave., in Spokane.

Damage to the woman’s car exceeded $1,000. The woman’s 11-year-old niece was in the car at the time and was frightened but not injured, Reagan said.

Scott was booked into the Spokane County Jail on charges of second-degree malicious mischief and fourth-degree assault.

Scott also had an outstanding warrant for driving on a suspended license, Reagan said.