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May 27, 2010 in City
Man accused of pepper-spraying couple, 3-year-old
A 31-year-old Medical Lake man is accused of assaulting a family with pepper spray in a dispute over a tricycle.
Andrew Nelson Evans was arrested after sheriff’s deputies found a couple and their 3-year-old daughter with orange stains on their faces and arms from the spray about 5 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of North Brower.
The girl’s skin and her mother’s skin appeared to be blistering, and sheriff’s deputies said all three reported “severe pain.” One deputy said the girl was crying and said she “hurt real bad.”
Deputies say Evans had been told by his landlord that he could remove an area of grass to start a garden, and he moved the girl’s tricycle from the area, which started an argument with her mother.
Evans reportedly called the woman a vulgar name, then followed her to her front door. Evans then pulled out a canister of Oleo Capsicum (pepper) spray and squirted it onto the faces and arms of the family, deputies said.
“Evans said he sprayed them in the face and on their bodies because he was angry and he has a mental condition,” according to court documents. “Evans said he knew the OC spray would hurt the (family).”
Pepper spray stained furnishings and walls inside the home.
Evans appeared in Superior Court Thursday on three counts of third-degree assault.
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misjustice on May 27 at 8:14 p.m.
Intolerance and the me first mentality, that seems to permiate our society today, lead to this altercation with bad consequences for all those involved. What ever happened to the concept of live and let live?
lewis8457 on May 28 at 7:13 a.m.
Our society doesn’t understand the live and let live concept. Now it is sue or attack.
there is a young home owner in my neighborhood that his first instinct is violence, he has threatened to shoot me on several occasions. But will listen to reason when it is directed at him.
I feel sorry for him because he has a huge chip on his shoulder that will make his life difficult.
America media job is to keep us scared so we need more government control, police, and prisons.
Or i guess it could be there are a lot of loonies out there.
opiemuyo on May 28 at 8:05 a.m.
As an armed citizen, this man should be jailed, and when released denied privileges of owning any type of weapon. What is wrong with this guy?