MORLEY, Mo. — A strong-arm robbery Tuesday night in Morley left a female victim injured. Scott County deputies and Morley police are searching for the suspects involved. The victim, a woman in her early 40s, was attacked outside her home while she was unloading groceries around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, said Scott County Sheriff's Department Detective Branden Caid. Police said a vehicle pulled up in her driveway and two men got out and accosted her, showing a small semiautomatic handgun, Caid said. She fought back and suffered two lacerations and several bruises, but the men managed to get her purse away from her, Caid said.
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