Monrovia Man Pepper Sprayed During Attempted Robbery, Sent to Hospital

A man was pepper-sprayed during an attempted robbery Monday after two people in a vehicle called him over and demanded money, police said.

The man was at a residence in the 200 block of Melrose Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Monday morning when a car pulled up and someone inside asked the man for directions. When he approached the car, the occupants demanded money from him and he replied that he didn't have any, according to Monrovia Police Lt. Jaime Alfaro.

"Then he was sprayed with pepper spray," Alfaro said.

The man was taken to a local hospital and is expected to be fine, Alfaro said.

The car was described as a newer model dark sedan driven by a male in his 20s. A female in her late 20s was in the passenger seat, Alfaro said.