Asked for a cigarette, pulled out pepper spray and stole an iPhone: indictment against a Jewish young man
A 22-year-old Jewish man from Lod is accused of blocking the path of a Palestinian family near Hebron, asking for cigarettes and a lighter, snatching a mobile phone, and spraying pepper spray in the face of one of the passengers. The victim required medical treatment. The indictment charges him with aggravated robbery.
An indictment has been filed against a 22-year-old Jewish man from Lod, accused of aggravated robbery after blocking the path of a Palestinian family with children near Hebron. According to the indictment, the defendant got out of his car and approached the driver's window of the victims' vehicle, asked for cigarettes and a lighter, and received them. He then approached the vehicle again, scolded the passenger about the way they were driving, and snatched a mobile phone. When the victim tried to grab the phone, the defendant sprayed pepper spray in his face. The victim felt burning and pain in his eyes, had difficulty seeing, and was taken to the hospital. The defendant fled the scene in his car. The article does not include the defendant's version or his attorney's response.