- A 34-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested after allegedly pepper-spraying a fellow moviegoer who refused to stop using his cellphone during a screening in Burbank.
- The incident occurred approximately 40 minutes into a Tuesday evening showing of the film The Uprising at an AMC theater.
- Witnesses reported that the suspect initially asked the victim to turn off his phone before deploying the pepper spray.
- At least two theater attendees were treated at a hospital following exposure to the aerosol spray.
- Police booked the suspect on suspicion of misdemeanor battery before releasing him the following morning, and the theater issued refunds to patrons.
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