MACON, Ga. — Update:
Bibb Sheriff's Office has arrested the man who attacked Danielle Finney on Wednesday, according to Lt. Sean Defoe.
13WMAZ's Ashlyn Webb was about to report live outside the Citgo where Finney was attacked when the suspect was spotted walking in the area near our news crew.
13WMAZ got video of the man.
Webb called 911 and reported the man. The Sheriff's Office says they were able to take the man into custody shortly before 6:40 p.m.
The man has been identified as 20-year-old Daniel Lamar White. He as been charged with battery.
More information on the story is available here.
A Macon woman says she was attacked and beaten outside a gas station by a man who asked her to buy cigarettes.
Danielle Finney says it happened Tuesday afternoon on Bloomfield Road.
She says she was heading inside to pay for her gas when the man approached her.
Finney says she told him she didn't have the money for cigarettes. As she headed back to her car she says he grabbed her by the braids, beat her and broke off most of her fingernails.
Then, the man ran off.
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to the scene and they're investigating.
Finney says she went to the hospital for some bruises.
13WMAZ will have more information about this incident as it develops.
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