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A former girlfriend of the man accused of shooting three Palestinian-American college students in Vermont once told police he was harassing her with messages “sexual in nature” — but stopped short of pressing charges against him, law enforcement records showed.

The then-36-year-old woman called police in DeWitt, New York, on Oct. 21, 2019, telling them Jason Eaton had been sending her “numerous text messages, emails and phone calls,” according to a department report obtained by NBC News on Tuesday.

The messages “were sexual in nature but not threatening” and came after the woman made it clear she didn’t want “to communicate with him or see him anymore,” according to police in the Syracuse suburb.

The woman “has had several domestic disputes with” him “in the past,” said the report, written by officer Alexander Fratini.

She called police after spotting Eaton, in his Chevy Silverado, driving by her home, police said.

As she was speaking to officer Frantini, Eaton rolled by again, prompting police to stop him, according to the report.

NBC News typically does not identify victims of potential domestic violence.

“While speaking with Eaton, he told me that he was under the impression that (the ex-girlfriend) still wanted to meet and see him,” Frantini’s report said. “Eaton stated that (the woman) had sent him ‘mixed signals’ in the past about seeing each other. I advised Eaton that (the woman) wants absolutely no contact with him from this point forward. Eaton stated he understood.”

The woman didn’t want Eaton arrested but instead asked for a domestic incident report to be completed, so she could possibly use it in securing a restraining order against him in the future, police said.

“She never pressed charges,” Dewitt police Lt. Jerry Pace told NBC News. “We could have articulated a stalking arrest if she had wanted him arrested but driving by isn’t necessarily grounds for stalking.”

Eaton, 48, was arrested on Sunday after three college students were shot in Burlington by a man they didn’t know, police said.

College students and long-time friends Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad were staying with Awartani’s family in Vermont for the Thanksgiving holiday when they were shot, allegedly by Eaton.

Awartani is a junior at Brown University while Abdalhamid runs track at Haverford College and Ahmad attends Trinity College. The three have known each other since their days at Ramallah Friends School in the occupied West Bank.

The victims’ loved ones said they wanted the young men to spend the holidays in Vermont, fearing the West Bank would be dangerous.

An attorney for Eaton declined to comment on Tuesday. The defendant on Monday pleaded not guilty to three counts of second-degree attempted murder.

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