Houston woman accused of pepper-spraying 80-year-old man released, judge says no cause for detention

Mariah Davis-Webster was arrested and charged with Injury to an Elderly Person for pepper spraying an 80-year-old man, police said. Mariah Davis-Webster was arrested and charged with Injury to an Elderly Person for pepper spraying an 80-year-old man, police said. Photo: Harris County Constable Precinct 4, Facebook Photo: Harris County Constable Precinct 4, Facebook Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Houston woman accused of pepper-spraying 80-year-old man released, judge says no cause for detention 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

On Tuesday, a judge in the 180th District Court, found no probable cause to detain a woman accused of pepper-spraying an elderly man, according to court documents.

Mariah Davis-Webster was charged with injury to an elderly person on Monday after, she allegedly pepper sprayed the man in self-defense, claiming that he threatened her and damaged her vehicle, according to officials . Through further investigation, however, deputies found no evidence of either of these claims.

According to court documents, Judge DaSean Jones found no probable cause for detention of Davis-Webster.

But according to a report by KPRC, Jones said Davis-Weber is not out of hot water yet.

“That doesn't mean the state is going to accept this. They can take it to a grand jury. This is a felony. They can take it to another judge, but for now, I’m going to find that there’s no probable cause in your case,” Jones said, according to the report.

Davis-Weber was discharged from custody.

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