NJ Gas Station Attendant Stabbed in Robbery

Police in southern New Jersey say they're looking for a man they say stabbed a gas station attendant during a robbery attempt.

Authorities say 18-year-old attendant Rukman Sodi refused to hand over money when he was asked by a would-be robber around 1 p.m. Thursday at a Citgo gas station in Woodlynne. They say the man them stabbed him.

The attendant was treated at a hospital and released.

Officials say the suspect is a white man in his early 20s about 5-foot-8, with a medium build. He was wearing an orange jacket, black pants and white ski mask and drove off in a gray Mazda 8.

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