Police: Driver Stabbed with Syringe in Robbery

A driver told Tampa Police that he was robbed Thursday afternoon by two female pedestrians after they approached his vehicle at a red light.

The man was eastbound on Fowler Avenue at 2:25 p.m. and stopped for a red light at 22nd Avenue, according to an incident report. Two women approached on foot asking for cigarettes and change.

The first woman reached into the driver's side window with a knife, stabbing the victim's chin and cutting his cheek, police said. The second woman entered the vehicle, grabbed the man's wallet from the center console and stabbed him in the right side of his torso with a syringe.

The women then ran south on 22nd Street. Police responded to the scene and searched for the suspects but were unable to find them, the report said.

The victim was treated at University Community Hospital and released.

The suspects were described as white women between 30 and 40 years old. The first woman was 5-feet-7-inches tall, weighed 100 pounds and had shoulder-length and wavy, dirty-blonde hair. She had a weathered face and was missing teeth. She also had a tattoo on her right arm and wore a dark shirt and dirty denim shorts. Polic
e did not provide a description of the second woman beyond her age and race.