Seattle "superhero" loses day job after arrest

SEATTLE - Seattle's masked crime-fighter Phoenix Jones has lost his day job.

The superhero — real name Ben Fodor — was informed by the state Department of Social and Health Services he could no longer work with vulnerable children because of his Oct. 9 arrest for investigation of assault. He says he was breaking up a late night fight and used pepper spray in self-defense.

SeattlePI.com, the website of the former Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, reports the 23-year-old has not been charged, but the case is still before the city attorney. An assault conviction would ban him permanently from working with vulnerable people.

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