Steve Lieberman

slieberm@lohud.com

NANUET - A 25-year-old Bronx man allegedly sprayed a security guard with an irritant while fleeing the Sephora store with $1,460 worth of perfumes and colognes on Thursday, Clarkstown police said.

Police said they caught Daffton Bloomfield about 6:15 p.m. with a bag filled with fragrances outside the Shops at Nanuet store. Another person escaped with a bag that may also have been filled with stolen merchandise, police said.

Bloomfield was caught in the act by a security guard and, during their struggle, sprayed the guard with some sort of irritant, Police Officer Peter Walker said.

Police didn't have a description of the second suspect, who was wearing a red bandanna, or know for sure the person's gender, he said.

The guard, 33, of West Nyack, complained of breathing problems and eye irritation, but did not request medical treatment, Walker said.

Police said they charged Bloomfield with felony counts of first- and second-degree robbery and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, and a misdemeanor count of criminal possession of a weapon.

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