ARCADIA >> Deputies arrested a man and woman from Temple City Thursday after they scuffled with a repossession agent and the woman sprayed him with pepper spray, officials said.
Fiawna Jones, 27, was arrested on suspicion of illegal use of pepper spray, a felony, shortly after the 1:15 p.m. incident at a commercial parking lot at Colorado Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia police Lt. Roy Nakamura said.
Also arrested, cited and released with a court date was her boyfriend, 47-year-old Raul Chavez, who was accused of battery for allegedly shoving the repossession agent, the lieutenant said.
The agent arrived to repossess an Acura when Chavez became involved in an argument with him, which escalated to pushing, Nakamura said.
Jones then pulled out a canister of pepper spray and squirted it into the repossession agent’s face before fleeing the scene in a different car, he said. The agent received first-aid at the scene, but was not taken to a hospital, and continued repossessing the car.
Police found Jones driving nearby and arrested her, Nakamura said. She was being held in lieu of $20,000 bail pending her initial court appearance.