Kent Police arrested a man and a woman for investigation of robbery after they reportedly used pepper spray to take a man’s wallet as he walked downtown in the 300 block of Fourth Avenue North.
Officers responded at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16 after a 56-year-old Kent man reported he had been attacked with pepper spray while walking along the sidewalk, according to a Dec. 17 Kent Police statement. The man gave a description of the suspects to an officer, who put out the descriptions over police radio.
Another officer saw a man and woman who reportedly matched the descriptions walking in the 500 block of East Smith Street, according to police. The officer took the pair into custody without incident.
Police arrested a 48-year-old former Spokane man for robbery and two failure to appear warrants out of King County for possession of a stolen vehicle. The man also had a domestic violence no contact order prohibiting him from contacting the 31-year-old Auburn woman also arrested by officers.
The man reportedly told officers he had swallowed drugs, apparently in an effort to avoid jail, according to police. Officers took him to a local hospital where he was medically cleared to be booked into jail.
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