Thieves mace 12-year-old girl after asking for directions
Jun 6, 2012, 12:17 PM | Updated: Jun 7, 2012, 9:08 am
A group of thieves might have likened robbing a 12-year-
old girl to taking candy from a baby.
The 20 and 22-year-old men and 19-year-old woman pulled up
in a blue Honda near 25th Avenue S and S Dawson Street in
Seattle to ask a 12-year-old girl for directions on
Monday.
One of the men and the woman got out of the car to talk to
the girl, and just as she started walking off, they
sprayed her with mace.
According to police, the suspects grabbed the girl’s
backpack, flinging her to the ground. Then, they demanded
her cell phone.
They got in their car and sped away, but a robbery on a
sidewalk at 2:45 p.m. didn’t go unnoticed.
“We did have several witnesses that called 911 and
officers responded quickly,” said Seattle Police Detective
Mark Jamieson. Police stopped a vehicle matching the
description and arrested the three people inside.
Jamieson said they’re convinced robbery was the motive,
and fortunately, the girl wasn’t seriously injured.
The suspects were booked into King County Jail that
afternoon, and the female suspect set off a metal detector
– because she had been carrying a can of mace in her bra.
