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Police Search For Panhandlers Accused Of Assault, Robbery

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A couple of panhandlers allegedly assaulted and robbed a woman in Clarksville.

According to Clarksville Police officials, the female victim met two men panhandlers who were asking for money in a grassy spot between Dairy Queen and Walmart on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

Police said she gave the panhandlers money walked and talked with them for a short while to North Edgewood Place.

That's when the panhandlers allegedly assaulted the woman and took an undisclosed amount of money and property from her. 

She was disoriented but was able to contact police after a passerby stopped to assist her.

The persons of interest have been seen in the Wilma Rudolph area businesses such as Lowe's, Walmart, Kohl's, and Dairy Queen.

Anyone with information was asked to call the lead investigator in the case, Detective Lisa Reed, at 931-614-5709.