A Watertown resident was cut in the face while fighting back as a man tried to rob her in front of her Watertown home Wednesday night.
Police said they responded to Sprucewood Road and Bunker Hill Road in Watertown at 11:56 p.m. after receiving a report that a man assaulted a woman as he tried to rob her.
The victim said she was getting out of her vehicle when a man pulled her and swung a knife at her face. She was able to avoid a being slashed, but did sustain what police called a superficial cut to her cheek.
The man tried to steal items from the victim’s vehicle, but she hit him in the face and he ran toward a wooded area between Bunker Hill Road and Straits Turnpike, police said.
Waterbury Police searched, with help from a K-9, but could not find the man.
The man police are looking for is around 6-feet tall and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans. He might have been wearing boots as well.
Anyone with information should call Detective Ferrucci at 860-945-5200 or call the Crimestoppers anonymously for a cash reward at 860-945-9940.
