An Oak Harbor man with “an extensive criminal history” is facing charges related to a May 17 domestic violence case, according to a report by Oak Harbor Police Officer Mel Lolmaugh.

Prosecutors charged 49-year-old Shane Leach in Island County Superior Court Dec. 1 with second-degree assault, a domestic-violence charge and three counts of harassment for allegedly making threats to kill.

Oak Harbor police officers responded to a 911 report of a domestic dispute at a Southwest Sixth Avenue apartment building early in the morning. The two officers heard the sound of a struggle, opened the door and saw Leach on top of a woman, the officer wrote.

One of the officers pulled Leach off the woman. The officers tased Leach repeatedly as he resisted arrest, the report states. They were finally able to handcuff him and place him in a patrol car.

The woman, who had been in a relationship with Leach, said he came into the apartment while she was sleeping in bed and started calling her names. He allegedly jumped on her and choked her, the officer wrote.

The alleged victim said she kicked the wall to alert a neighbor. He hit her on the head and told her he was going to kill her, Lolmaugh wrote.

She ran to the front door of the apartment, but he blocked her and grabbed her by the throat and pinched her nose closed, the report states.

The woman said she was seeing stars and thought she was going to die, the officer wrote.

Leach also threatened to kill the two officers while he was in the patrol car, the report states.

Leach’s criminal history includes both felony and misdemeanor assault charges, vehicle prowl, resisting arrest, five DUIs, two attempts to elude and 11 probation violations.

Leach could face up to eight years in prison under the standard sentencing range if convicted of the charges against him.