Gadsden Robbery

Gadsden police are investigating a report from A Gadsden man who said he was robbed just after 1 a.m. Wednesday on Eighth Street.

The man said he was driving by the American Legion when a group of about nine men approached him and asked what he was selling. After breaking open his inventory of Polo socks for the men to see, a couple of them bought some socks as the rest of them gathered around him.

The man told police he got nervous when some of the group told him they should just take his socks and his money. He took a few steps back and the men jumped him. Two of them hit him in the head and face, while three others held weapons on him and the others took his socks and money.

The victim got away from the group of men, jumped in his car and left the area. According to the police report, he had a deep cut over his left eye as a result of the encounter.