A South St. Paul man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for assaulting his ex-girlfriend and trying to kidnap her in February at her Chanhassen workplace.
Mark Anthony Galatowitsch, 28, pleaded guilty last week in Carver County District Court to attempted kidnapping and felony domestic assault and was sentenced to 45 months in prison. As part of a plea agreement, an additional kidnapping count and an assault with a dangerous weapon charge were dismissed.
According to a criminal complaint, Galatowitsch confronted his ex-girlfriend in the parking lot of her work at General Mills at about 10 p.m. Feb. 11. When she refused to get into his car, he grabbed her, dragged her by her hair and tried to force her to get inside.
During a struggle, Galatowitsch punched the woman several times in the head, according to the charges.
Galatowitsch fled in his vehicle, and South St. Paul police found Galatowitsch two days later hiding in a closet in his home.
A security camera at General Mills captured most of the incident.
In 2015, Galatowitsch was convicted of false imprisonment for assaulting a different woman at her work in Burnsville and forcing her into his car. He has also been convicted of criminal sexual conduct and violating an order for protection.