Rossford woman robbed while leaving food event

6/30/2002

A Rossford woman was robbed at knifepoint Friday night as she was leaving the Taste of the Town festival in downtown Toledo, police said.

The robbery occurred after 11 p.m. as Rebecca Vuich, 47, was unlocking her car in the 600 block of Huron Street, police said.

A man who had been sitting on a bench and had asked her about the food and music festival put a knife to her face, grabbed her purse, and fled toward Cherry Street, police said.