Security guard sprays man with pepper spray at Magnolia business

Police are investigating an altercation that occurred outside a business near 27th Avenue W. and W. Commodore Way in Magnolia on March 2. When police arrived to the scene they found a 41-year-old man in handcuffs suffering from the effects of pepper spray. The business security officer was there to speak with police. The two men had conflicting stories. Police released the man in cuffs who told them that he was sitting in his Toyota sedan when the security officer approached him and knocked on his window. An argument ensued. Both men said that the other individual escalated the situation. The 41-year old man tried to film the altercation with his cell phone. At some time the man got out of his car and the guard pepper sprayed him. The man who suffered the pepper spray had contacted SPD over a separate incident at an earlier time that evolved security personnel from the business. Officers searched local security cameras for footage but were unable to recover anything. No men were charged after the incident.

Man with dog makes off with condo master keys

The management at a condo complex on the 300 block of N.W. 85th Street is changing the locks after a man and a dog stole master keys from a lockbox on March 7. According to security footage a white male in his 20's, approximately 5' 10" tall, 170 pounds walked up to the gate of the building with a brown mixed breed dog. The dog wore a pink collar. The suspect jumped the gate and then opened the door for the dog. Then the two went to a lock box and the suspect pried it open with a pry bar. They made off with the keys. The keys would have opened a storage area with bicycles in plain sight but they were untouched. Police were unable to recover any prints.