LAKEVIEW, NY — A 16-year-old was arrested after she was accused of spraying another teenager with an unknown substance and taking her bag in Lakeview on Friday, Nassau County police said.
According to police, a 16-year-old was walking home from school at 2:57 p.m. when another 16-year-old "aggressively" approached her. The teen walking home was sprayed with an unknown substance, causing pain to her face, police said.
She dropped her bag while escaping the scene, and the other teenager took the bag, which had a laptop, headphones, handbag, and other items in it, police said.
Upon investigation, the teenager was charged with second-degree robbery, third-degree robbery, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, police said. She was arraigned on Saturday at the Youth Section of First District Court in Hempstead, police said.
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