COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL ROBERT GARTH'S PAST.

WE WANTED TO KNOW WHO THIS GUY REALLY WAS... SO NEWS CHANNEL THREE'S MATT MENDES WENT TO THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY COURTHOUSE TO DIG UP OLD POLICE REPORTS ON ROBERT GARTH. THE CHARGES AGAINST GARTH ARE EXTENSIVE. BEFORE GARTH WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY OVER THE WEEKEND, HE HAD NUMEROUS RUN INS WITH THE LAW. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW GARTH STRUCK A MAN REPEATEDLY WITH A LARGE ROCK OUTSIDE BAYSHORE MALL. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM HAD CUTS AND SWELLING ALL OVER HIS HEAD. THOSE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED IN 2007. AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. IN JANUARY 2007, RECORDS SHOW GARTH RAN FROM POLICE. HE HAD HIS HAND IN HIS RIGHT POCKET AND POLICE SAY HE REFUSED TO SHOW BOTH OF HIS HANDS. WHEN OFFICERS DETAINED HIM, HE STRUGGLED, AND FOUGHT BACK. POLICE FOUND A WEAPON SIMILAR TO A BATON IN HIS POCKET. GARTH WAS UNCOOPERATIVE AND REFUSED TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF. THERE'S MORE - HE WAS CHARGED WITH A BATTERY AND VANDALISM WHICH WAS LATER DISMISSED. BUT A JUDGE AUTHORIZED A CRIMINAL PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST THE VICTIMS. AND IN ADDITION TO ARSON CHARGES AND OTHER FELONIES. IN 2005, DOCUMENTS SHOW GARTH ATTACKED A MALE JUVENILE WITH GARDENING CLIPPERS.