Woman, 73, Gives Attacker 2 Tickets To Gun Show

Woman punches would-be attacker

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A 73-year-old Rockville woman punched a man who tried to sexually assault her and managed to fight him off, Montgomery County police said.

The woman was walking her dog on a footpath between Gladstone Drive and Calvin Park in Rockville around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, when the man grabbed her.

Police said the man indicated that he intended to rape her and wouldn't let go. The woman punched the man and he was last seen running toward Baltimore Road. The man may have light bruising to his left cheek.

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