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Three people in Seattle have been arrested for macing and then robbing a 12-year-old-girl in the Beacon Hill neighborhood on Monday afternoon.
The girl was walking on 25th Avenue South and South Dawson Street at about 2:45 p.m., when a car passed her and pulled in front of her, blocking her path. A man and a woman got out of the car and asked for directions. After she gave them the directions and started walking away, one of the adults sprayed her in the back of the head with mace and knocked her to the ground, taking her backpack and cell phone.
There were several witnesses to the crime who called police right away with a description of the three and their vehicle. They were pulled over not far from the scene and arrested. The suspects are are 20-year-old man, a 22-year-old man, and a 19-year-old woman.
When they were brought into the jail, the woman set off the metal detector because of a can of mace she had hidden in her bra.
Source: Komo News, The Seattle Times