
"The first thing Phoenix did was to scream out to call 911," Tangen said. Peter Tangen, a photographer and spokesman for Phoenix Jones, questioned how police can say the group was dancing and joking around when Jones was on-scene as an eyewitness and police were not when the situation occurred. Recently there has been increased reports of citizens being pepper sprayed by and his group."Įarlier that night several other nightclub patrons told police they had also been pepper sprayed by Phoenix Jones, but left the area before police arrived. The police report said that Fodor "has had a history of injecting himself in these incidents. The police report by Officer Hosea Crumpton said cited a woman who was sprayed saying the four victims "began dancing and frolicking with each other. He committed a crime, an assault against these individuals. Mark Jamieson, a Seattle Police Department public information officer.

"In this particular case, he perceived that this group was fighting and when we contacted them, they said they weren't fighting," said Det. He was charged with assaulting two people who police said were "dancing and having a good time" as they walked to their car. Fodor is a member of Rain City Superhero Movement, a group of self-proclaimed superheroes who say they patrol the streets to fight crime. Sunday while still wearing his black and gold superhero costume, a bullet-proof vest and carrying two cans of pepper spray. Phoenix Jones, who has been unmasked by police as Benjamin Fodor, was arrested about 2:30 a.m. Seattle police claim the people were dancing.


10, 2011 - Seattle's masked superhero crime fighter "Phoenix Jones" is now fighting an assault charge for allegedly spraying pepper spray on people who he claims were fighting.
