Crime & Safety

Woman Brandished Knife At Stop & Shop Workers During Robbery Attempt: Police

Police are trying to find a woman who attempted to rob a Southbury grocery store with a knife and fled, authorities said.

Police are looking for this woman after an attempted robbery in Southbury, they said.
Police are looking for this woman after an attempted robbery in Southbury, they said. (Southbury Police Department)

SOUTHBURY, CT — Southbury police are seeking the public’s help to find a woman who brandished a knife at Stop & Shop employees while trying to rob the store, authorities said.

Officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday to the incident in the 100 block of Main Street North, according to police. A woman wearing a blue jacket and black pants committed the suspected shoplifting and robbery attempt, police said, adding she fled in a white Kia Forte before officers arrived.

Anyone with information is asked to confidentially call police at 203-264-5912.

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