Three Women Pepper Spray Macy’s Security Guard

<p>Palo Alto Police have arrested three female suspects for robbery and weapons charges after they struck and pepper sprayed a loss prevention officer during a theft at the Stanford Shopping Center last Tuesday night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; April 5&comma; 2022 at around 7&colon;30 p&period;m&period;&comma; Palo Alto Police received a report of a robbery involving pepper spray that had just occurred at the Stanford Shopping Center&period; The preliminary investigation revealed that a Macy’s loss prevention officer had attempted to stop three women that he witnessed exiting the store with clothing for which they had not paid&period;  When the loss prevention officer confronted the women outside the store and requested the return of the merchandise&comma; they refused&period; One of the suspects brandished a can of pepper spray and attempted to spray the victim&period; The other two suspects punched the victim in his face and head&period; Following the struggle&comma; the suspects fled in a nearby vehicle and the victim contacted police&period; The victim complained of pain to his head but declined medical attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Responding officers located the suspect vehicle leaving the shopping center and were able to detain its occupants without incident&period; In addition to the three suspects&comma; the vehicle contained three juvenile passengers&comma; ranging in age from 7 months to 17 years&period; Inside the vehicle&comma; officers located a canister of pepper spray and several articles of stolen clothing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police arrested and booked the three suspects into the Santa Clara County Main Jail&period; 22-year-old Alexis Quiroz of Sacramento was booked for felony charges of robbery&comma; conspiracy&comma; and being a convicted felon in possession of pepper spray&period; 21-year-old Salena Quiroz and 22-year-old Leah Perez&comma; also of Sacramento&comma; were each booked for felony charges of robbery and conspiracy&period; The three juveniles were released to a family member&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;