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CBS News
15-07-2025
- CBS News
Suspect in Vallejo $2,600 Pokémon card robbery arrested after crash, police say
Police in Vallejo said Monday that a recent traffic collision led to the arrest of a suspect in multiple robberies, including the alleged theft of more than $2,500 in collectible Pokémon cards. On July 7, officers were called to the 100 block of Nugent Drive on reports of a disturbance. Two victims said they met with a buyer to sell trading cards after arranging a sale through an online marketplace. The cards were valued at $2,600, according to police. During the meeting, the buyer inspected the cards before claiming he sent the payment. As the victims asked to confirm the transaction, police said the suspect attempted to flee the scene on an electric scooter with the cards. Police said one of the victims attempted to stop the suspect, but the suspect used pepper spray on the victim as he fled the scene. The victims were able to recover the cards and provided a description of the suspect. Officers determined that there were two other recent robberies that shared the same suspect description, location and assaults involving pepper spray. Officers conducted a follow-up investigation and brought in the victims of the two other robberies for a photo lineup. "Each victim independently identified the same suspect as the person responsible for the robbery and assault," police said in a statement. The next day, officers responded to a traffic collision suspect near Tuolumne Street and Broadway. Police said one of the people involved in the crash matched the suspect description and was detained at the scene. A records check determined that the suspect lived near the scene of the robbery. Officers also seized several items from the suspect, including a ski mask, electric scooter and cellphone. After being medically cleared, the suspect was booked into the Solano County Jail on suspicion of robbery and assault with a chemical agent.
CTV News
03-07-2025
- CTV News
Sault woman charged with assault, administering noxious thing
An undate image showing an individual blurred in the background holding a can of pepper spray. (Yaraslau Mikheyeu/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A 44-year-old woman faces charges after an alleged assault involving pepper spray in Sault Ste. Marie last week. The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service said officers responded to the 100 block of Albert Street West around 10:38 p.m. on June 29 after 911 communicators received a report of someone being pepper-sprayed. 'Officers were dispatched to the scene,' police said in a news release. Investigators determined the accused had used an animal deterrent spray to assault a person known to them. The woman was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon and administering a noxious thing. She was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 8.
CBS News
02-07-2025
- CBS News
2 NYPD officers pepper sprayed in Times Square, police say
Two New York City police officers were pepper sprayed overnight in Times Square. Police say a woman approached the officers at random and sprayed them in the face. It happened around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday in front of a Dos Caminos restaurant at 47th Street and Broadway. Some people who were working in the area said they saw the woman approach one of the officers from behind before the attack. They said the officer then drew his gun, while she was screaming at him. Witnesses said they also saw the officers tackle her to the ground. Police have not said what, if any, charges she faces. The officers were taken to the hospital in stable condition. Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. All calls are confidential, and you can also submit a tip on their website.
CBS News
01-07-2025
- CBS News
Man accused of recording victim in restroom, using pepper spray at Miami-Dade Home Depot, MDSO says
A man is facing charges after being accused of recording a victim in a Southwest Miami-Dade Home Depot bathroom stall and then pepper-spraying him when confronted, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office. Sheldon Lewis Beck, 23, faces charges of video voyeurism and battery following his arrest on June 30. Investigators said the incident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on May 14 at the store located in the 13800 block of SW 288th Street. Incident began inside store restroom, victim says According to an incident report, the victim entered the men's restroom at the store and began walking toward the handicap stall at the end. As he passed an adjacent stall, the victim observed a fully naked, heavyset Black man with his hands near his private area and the stall door open. The victim entered the handicap stall and noticed a black cellphone with three vertical camera lenses pointed at him from the adjacent stall, appearing to record. When the victim confronted the man, he allegedly apologized and said, "I will delete it." The victim ran from the bathroom to alert store management but maintained visual contact with the bathroom exit. Shortly after, the same man exited the restroom. The victim pointed him out to management as the person who had recorded him. At that point, according to the report, the suspect produced a large can of pepper spray and sprayed the victim in the face and body before walking out of the store with the can in hand. Suspect identified by uniform and store manager Store associates recognized Beck, as an employee of the Burger King located next door to the Home Depot. Beck was wearing a Burger King uniform at the time of the incident, police said. A Burger King manager later confirmed Beck's identity after viewing closed-circuit footage of the incident. Beck allegedly bit deputy during arrest processing Investigators said they located Beck at his home on June 30. Officers reported seeing Beck sitting out front and arrested him without incident. During his transport to the Miami-Dade South District Station, Beck refused to speak with detectives and became hostile, the report states. Deputies recovered a cellphone from Beck that matched the device allegedly used to record the victim. While being processed, Beck allegedly bit a deputy on the left wrist and forearm.
CBS News
01-07-2025
- CBS News
Police use pepper spray to break up large fight on Pittsburgh's South Side
A large fight broke out on Pittsburgh's South Side early Monday morning, prompting police officers to use pepper spray to help control the situation. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Police says the fight started around 1:30 a.m. along East Carson Street when an Allegheny County Housing Authority officer was called to help remove a man from a bar. The man, identified as Diorr Grier-Phillips, of Penn Hills was tased by an officer, handcuffed, and arrested before being taken to the Allegheny County Jail on assault, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness charges, police said. Police say that when the bar closed and the Grier-Phillips was outside, a number of people started coming out of the bar and a large fight broke out and a security guard was punched in the face. Pittsburgh Police officers deployed pepper spray to help break up a large fight along East Carson Street on the city's South Side in the early-morning hours of June 29, 2025. KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer While trying to get control of the situation, pepper spray was used by officers, police said. Police say that medics were called to help decontaminate the areas where pepper spray was used. No injuries were reported. Second incident on the South Side in one week Last week, East Carson Street became filled with an unruly crowd of 1,500 to 2,000 people. Pittsburgh Police needed to call in officers from Monroeville, Shaler and Etna to form a line to clear the street. No one was injured and no property was damaged, but before that, the South Side Entertainment Patrol made several arrests. Some were gun-related, others had to do with fights. Citations were given for public intoxication, underage drinking, and public urination. In the wake of the incident last week, the police union says the staffing situation is unprecedented.
