Dancer Reports Robbery

An exotic dancer told police early Sunday morning that a man she was with had robbed her following an aborted romantic encounter, according to police reports.

Reports said Stratford police officers were dispatched to the Cumberland Farms on West Broad Street at 2:05 a.m. on Sept. 25 where the woman was allegedly found with several bruises and abrasions.

Police said the woman told them she accepted a ride home from a customer at Rumours Café, a gentleman's club on Barnum Avenue Cut-Off. According to reports and the woman's account, they parked at an unlit driveway at the Cumberland Farms, but the encounter ended with an argument, in which the woman said the man grabbed her purse and drove off.

The woman told police the passenger door was open and she tumbled out onto the pavement, losing her purse containing $230 in cash plus personal property, according to reports. Police said she was treated for minor injuries at the scene by Stratford EMS.

Police reported locating a man in an SUV that allegedly matched the description of the robbery suspect, but the woman did not identify him as the robber. The man allegedly told police he had been at Rumours earlier and the woman had tried to get him to go to another strip joint, reports said.

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