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Teen charged in pepper spray incident at Lehigh Acres school

Posted at 7:56 AM, Feb 13, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-13 11:01:08-05

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.-- Lee County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a 14-year-old girl in connection to a pepper spray incident at a school dance in Lehigh Acres.

It happened at G. Weaver Hipps Elementary on Friday, February 8, 2019. Twelve people, including ten children, ended up in the hospital after being exposed to the pepper spray.

We are not naming the teen because she is underage. She has been charged with having a weapon on school property.