Crime & Safety
Man Accused Of Choking Woman, Jumping From 2nd Story To Evade Police
The suspect had two active warrants for his arrest when the Marin County assault happened, according to police.
NOVATO, CA — A man was arrested after he allegedly tried to strangle a woman and was caught with illegal drugs in Novato over the weekend, according to police.
Just after 6 a.m. on Saturday, officers were called to a residence on Brown Drive after a caller said her roommate was being assaulted and "observed blood inside of the residence," police said.
Due to the sounds of a disturbance, police entered the home and learned that the victim was locked inside a bedroom on the second level with the suspect.
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Based on information from the roommate, officers forced their way through the door as the suspect jumped out of the second-story window into the backyard. An officer positioned at the back of the house confronted the suspect, who allegedly did not comply with multiple commands to stop; a taser was deployed, and he was taken into custody.
Arrested was Parrish Dejoun Marquise Wallick, 33, who police say is from Vallejo and jail records say is from Stockton. Wallick had two active warrants for his arrest related to prior incidents in Lodi and San Joaquin County, Novato police said.
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Investigators believe that there was a dispute between Wallick and the victim over money, which led to her being choked after she said she was going to call the police.
Officers allegedly found a variety of illegal narcotics, including fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and other prescription pills in Wallick's possession in addition to cash and a scale.
Wallick was booked into the Marin County Jail on suspicion of resisting arrest, assault with a deadly weapon, being in possession of illegal narcotics for sale, the transport and selling of controlled substances, possession for sales of controlled substances, and some warrants for inflicting injury on a spouse, contempt of court, assault likely to cause great bodily harm, and threatening a witness.
He is being held on a $60,000 bail.
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