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Yonkers man resists would-be robbers, suffers cut to head, police say

Originally published: January 14, 2013 1:27 PM
Updated: January 14, 2013 5:50 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM

Law enforcement officials from the Yonkers Police Department.

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Law enforcement officials from the Yonkers Police Department. (July 5, 2012)

A 45-year-old Yonkers man defied gun-wielding assailants who demanded his wallet Sunday night, but he suffered a gash to his head when one of them hit him with a bottle, police said.

The man was approaching his vehicle, parked at 125 Landscape Ave., when he was intercepted by two males, Yonkers police Det. Lt. Patrick McCormack said.

One took out what appeared to be a black, semiautomatic...

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