Two accused of robbing woman

Spokane police arrested two men accused of punching a 19-year-old woman and stealing her cigarettes.

Daniel J. Carter, 18, and Benjamin F. Cooper, 20, were each booked into jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery, Spokane police spokesman Dick Cottam said.

The woman told police she was returning to work after lunch Wednesday when one man stepped in front of her, while the other hit her in the arm with his fist and demanded cigarettes. When she didn’t hand them over, one man pulled them from her pocket.