Over the weekend a woman talking on her iPhone at the Northgate Transit Center was hit in the face with pepper spray about 3 in the afternoon, police report.
The robbery attempt occurred Saturday at 3:10 p.m. in the 10200 bock of First Avenue Northeast, according to police:
She was waiting for the bus at Bay 1…. The four suspects were standing in front of her and she was sitting on the bench. She was talking on her I-Phone when the suspects turned around and one of them sprayed her in the face with pepper spray. The suspects then tried to grab her phone from her but she tucked the phone into her pocket and pushed the suspects away. After the suspects were unable to take the phone they ran off southbound through the transit center.
The victim, who was treated at the scene by the Seattle Fire Department, said she had never seen her attackers before. A witness told police:
The suspects were four black females, about 17-20 years old, all slim build, all about 5’00 tall. The suspects were all wearing jeans and one was wearing a black North Face jacket. The suspects were laughing as they ran off.
We appear to have gotten through March with only three home burglaries in the neighborhood, incidentally. And there have been none on the police map since our last report on March 31. There have been cars reported stolen:
- Saturday, April 2, from the 10800 bock of 11th Avenue Northeast.
- Wednesday, March 30, from the 300 block of Northeast Thornton Place.
