Crime & Safety
Peninsula Woman Charged With Assault With Caustic Chemical
The woman is accused of spraying a Good Samaritan with a chemical agent after a traffic collision, the sheriff's office said.
HALF MOON BAY, CA — A Peninsula woman was charged with assault with a caustic chemical in Half Moon Bay after an incident Friday in which a Good Samaritan was hit in the face with bear spray, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
The incident occurred around 11:15 a.m. on San Mateo Road following a minor traffic collision. A Good Samaritan attempted to intervene in a verbal altercation between parties, the sheriff's office said, when the suspect, identified as 44-year-old Nyssa Brennan from Moss Beach, sprayed the Good Samaritan in the face and then fled the scene.
Brennan was located in a nearby parking lot and arrested, according to the sheriff's office. The Good Samaritan was treated and released at the scene.
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