A man who tried to rob a 58-year-old driver at knifepoint in Yabucoa was left with an open chest wound after the driver fought him off, Puerto Rico Police said. The incident happened at about 12:32 AM on Saturday, November 14, in front of a business on Calle 1 in the Jaime C. Rodríguez neighborhood, according to a police report.
A call to the 9-1-1 Emergency System alerted police, who interviewed the complainant. He told officers that as he drove along the street a man intercepted him and tried to take a backpack-style bag from him by intimidation with a knife. The man said he managed to defend himself and caused an open wound to the assailant’s chest area.
The 46-year-old suspect was treated by State Medical Emergency personnel and then taken to a hospital in the area, where he received nine stitches. He was placed under arrest while the investigation continues. Agent Von Marie Colón Cora of the Yabucoa District investigated preliminarily and referred the case to the Robbery, Extortion, Property, Assault and Missing Persons Division (DIREPAPD) of the Humacao Criminal Investigations Corps (CIC).
The case will be consulted with the on-duty prosecutor for possible filing of criminal charges. Separately, police reported that a 41-year-old woman was robbed at the threat of a syringe on PR-1 near the La India monument in Caguas on Friday night, November 13. Two assailants intercepted her, and one took $100 in cash by intimidation and threat with a syringe, the report says.
They left without causing her physical harm. The Caguas CIC is investigating.