PHOENIX — A man who brutally assaulted his pregnant ex-wife in front of her children in the West Valley last year was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in prison, authorities said.

Garrett Headrick, 27, previously pleaded guilty to three felonies related to the October 2024 domestic violence incident in Surprise, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Six charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal.

Authorities said Headrick drove from California and waited outside his ex-wife’s home in the area of Greenway and Dysart roads.

When she came out with her three children to go to a soccer game, Headrick forced them back inside, prosecutors said.

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