Ex-Con Allegedly Assaults Security Guard with Pepper Spray

SAN JACINTO - An ex-con accused of spraying a store security guard in the face with Mace when the guard tried to stop the suspect's girlfriend from shoplifting was behind bars today.

Sammy Young Weakley, 48, was nooked on suspicion of assault with a chemical and being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon for the alleged attack outside a store in the 1800 block of South San Jacinto Avenue.

Weakley was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.

Shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, Weakley's girlfriend, identified as Chante Park, walked into a sh...